Two former confidants of Britain's prime minister have been charged with conspiring to pay public officials in exchange for stories and information _ the latest development in the country's establishment-shaking scandal over media malfeasance.

Two former confidants of Britain's prime minister have been charged with conspiring to pay public officials in exchange for stories and information — the latest development in the country's establishment-shaking scandal over media malfeasance.
Two former confidants of Britain's prime minister have been charged with conspiring to pay public officials in exchange for stories and information _ the latest development in the country's establishment-shaking scandal over media malfeasance.
Anti-racism campaigners staged vigils across Germany on Sunday to commemorate the victims of a neo-Nazi terrorist group whose existence came to light a year ago.

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News Corp.'s British newspapers, and Andy Coulson, the ex-communications chief for Prime Minister David Cameron, will face trial next September over allegations linked to phone hacking.

British Prime Minister David Cameron's booking on "The Late Show With David Letterman" has ignited a media debate in London.
Attorneys for News Corp. asked a Delaware judge on Wednesday to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging that company directors allowed a damaging cover-up of the phone hacking scandal in Britain.
British authorities on Tuesday charged an ex-aide to the prime minister, a former protege of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and six others in the ever-widening phone hacking scandal, accusing them of key roles in a campaign of illegal espionage that victimized hundreds of people including top celebrities Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
Britain's phone hacking scandal entered a new and expanded criminal phase Tuesday, with charges brought against two former members of Prime Minister David Cameron's inner circle over a campaign of illegal espionage that has rocked the country's establishment.