UK, 9 / 11 phone hackers to investigate claims

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LONDON - the British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday pledged that his Government review would whether American 9/11 victims of journalists News Corp in the phone-hacking scandal were targets.

"I am confident that the metropolitan police to below this will have," said Mr Cameron legislators.

Respond to public anger over the crisis, Cameron has a police investigation and ordered a public inquiry.

British press practices are under control and some observers say that this could be information about dubious procedures to other media.

Police have been criticized because it follow up studies on phone hacking by the news of the world, after the paper was Royal correspondent to listen to the voice mails court officials arrested in 2007 for conspiracy.

Cameron's comments followed calls for an investigation of media baron Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. of United States Senator, signal that the crisis in the United States could spread.

Senator John Rockefeller, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, science and transportation, said that telephone hacking on the news of the world "serious questions" about whether the paper broke all US laws parent company.

"I am concerned that the approved phone-hacking in London by News Corp can have extended victims or other Americans on 9 / 11," he said in a statement on Tuesday. "If they did, the consequences severe."

Money, NYPD officer offered?
Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, referring to an unknown source, claimed Monday that news of the world had offered journalists, a New York police officer to get the private telephone records of the victims of September 11, 2001, attacks numbers.

The newspaper said that journalists going to the phone numbers of the dead, as well as details of the calls they had made and received in the days of the attacks.

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The police officer who now works as a private investigator, said at the time, he, would make up the request due to the "how it would look bad", the source was quoted.

Prime Minister Cameron also said on Wednesday, should be pursued his former Communications Director Andy Coulson, if he lied in the newspaper phone-hacking scandal.

He said legislators, who was a "firestorm" committed engulfing parts of the media and the British police, and those, the offense had must be prosecuted. He said that the media must also be transparent.

On Wednesday, News International, News Corp.'s British arm, said its legal Manager, Tom Crone, had left the company to the growing scandal.

Spokeswoman Daisy Dunlop declined to say if Crone appeared on Wednesday had or were asked, had to leave.

So far the scandal has reduced largely Murdoch's News Corp for the British company

But the company has its headquarters in New York City and has a clutch of prominent media properties in the United States, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Fox Broadcasting.

In London have Murdoch and two top lieutenants were summoned Parliament questions next week, as popular anger over allegations, has extended that spied reporter on thousands of people, the rich and powerful to vulnerable victims of crime. As a US citizen, Murdoch must not take part.

News Corp. drops bid for TV channel
On Wednesday, News Corp. announced that it has withdrawn its offer for British Sky Broadcasting PLC.

The British Parliament was due to pass, the non-binding vote on Wednesday afternoon Murdoch agree to his plan the $ 12 billion bid for UK arm fall News International was covered in the scandal.

The decision by two Government coalition parties agree to support – a level of unity in General only appear in times of conflict - broke, what strong bonds between Murdoch and successive British Governments and shows the dramatic grace endured a fall of the world's most powerful men have been.

Earlier this week, News Corp moved a promise, spin-off Sky News, which had been a condition for the purchase of 61 percent of the satellite broadcaster, they do not already have.

Shares slump
Murdoch, his son James and Rebecca Brooks, the former news of the world editor, now Managing Director of News International - News Corp British newspaper arm - have been summoned to answer questions from a parliamentary legislative Committee next week.

It has cooperated said messages, what international with relaunch requests by the police in January. It does not comment on, Cameron's vote decision for the labour movement on Wednesday.

Others suggested that the heavy political fallout was that even a favourable outcome of this test would not necessarily the way free for the transfer, had only a few weeks after Murdoch to secure final approval seemed.

Labour has endeavoured to take advantage of Cameron's friendship with Brooks, 43, and his spokesman are its setting her successor as news of the world editor a few months after a journalist at the newspaper for phone hacking was arrested in 2007.

Consultant Coulson stop as speaker in January and was arrested Friday under suspicion of conspiracy to intercept communications and corrupt officials.

"This is an unprecedented crisis, because it has the media, politicians and the police, three of the most powerful groups in society" Ivor Gaber, Professor of political journalism at City University London, told of Reuters.

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In Australia, Murdoch's media company, news limited, said Wednesday it perform, is a "thorough review" to confirm that the payments for legitimate services were made all editorial issues in the past three years.

News Limited has a number of newspapers and websites. In an open letter to employees, news limited Chief Executive John Hartigan said that the company has been behaviour on board.

"I have absolutely no reason, suspect any wrongdoing at news limited," he said in the letter, "All news limited personnel in Australia".

"We perform are is to confirm a thorough review of all editorial issues, in the last three years that payments to contributors and other third parties for legitimate services were", he wrote.

Reuters and the associated press contributed to this report.