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Murdoch set to fly to London amid new arrest

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Sky sources have confirmed News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is set to fly to London as a third person is arrested by police over alleged phone hacking at the News Of The World.

Mr Murdoch, 80, is due to arrive in London today in order to confront the crisis at the NOTW and News International.

Sky reporter Hannah Thomas-Peter in New York said: “Mr Murdoch was in Idaho and he was doorstepped by several reporters. He did not look happy and did not give any comments. He presided over the decision to axe a favourite newspaper in order to stop the rot – a phrase used here a lot.”

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