Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:40:16 +0100 LONDON (Reuters) - Talk show host Piers Morgan told a British judicial inquiry on Tuesday he had never sanctioned phone hacking during his time as a tabloid editor, as he faced tough questions over his involvement in the "dark arts" of journalism. Morgan, now a high-profile CNN talk-show host in the United States, edited the Rupert Murdoch tabloid at the heart of the hacking scandal, the News of the World, from 1994 to 1995 before going on to edit the Daily Mirror newspaper from 1995 to 2004. ... (Source: Reuters)
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:00:13 +0100 DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - The United States denied Thursday it was trying to delay a new global climate deal until 2020, saying it supported an EU proposal that aims to chart a path to a more ambitious pact to fight climate change. Delegates from almost 200 countries have until Friday to decide whether to commit to signing up to an internationally binding climate deal by 2015 at the latest. ... (Source: Reuters)
France's ruling party denies role in Strauss-Kahn downfall
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:10:16 +0100 PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP party on Saturday dismissed allegations of a political plot to bring down disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, following an investigative report by a U.S. journalist. The article by Edward Jay Epstein, published in the New York Review of Books, raised the question of whether a Blackberry phone belonging to Strauss-Kahn might have been being tapped by his political opponents at the time he was arrested in May on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. ... (Source: Reuters)
Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:40:19 +0200 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Marc Anthony on Thursday denied rumors that secret affairs with other women broke apart his marriage to "American Idol" superstar Jennifer Lopez earlier this year. (Source: Reuters)
Singer Tom Jones cancels concert, denies heart scare
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:10:20 +0200 LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Tom Jones canceled a Saturday night concert in Monaco due to severe dehydration, his spokesman said on Sunday, but he denied reports that the veteran Welsh crooner was suffering heart problems. (Source: Reuters)