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Events on Sunday 10 July 2011 1
2011News of the World phone-hacking scandalRupert Murdoch closes his top-selling British tabloidRevelations that journalists at the News of the World had hacked the voicemail of murdered teenager Milly Dowler triggered public outrage in Britain, leading Rupert Murdoch to close the 168-year-old tabloid. The scandal led to arrests of senior journalists and a public inquiry into press ethics. It also forced Murdoch to abandon a bid to fully acquire satellite broadcaster BSkyB.