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Mon 11 Nov 2009NOTW phone tapping claims dismissed
Allegations of phone tapping at Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper have been dismissed by the industry's watchdog.
The
Guardiansparked a political storm after claiming News Group Newspapers, which publishes titles including the
News of the World, paid out more than £1 million to settle cases threatening to reveal evidence of telephone hacking.
But, after reviewing evidence, the Press Complaints Commission said there were no signs of tapping by journalists at the Sunday paper.
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