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Memo: UK minister lobbied for Murdoch takeover

Reported by  on Thursday, 24 May 2012 (on May 24, 2012)
LONDON (AP) -- A British minister in the hot seat for his alleged close ties to Rupert Murdoch's media empire did lobby Prime Minister David Cameron to back the tycoon's bid for satellite broadcaster BSkyB, according to a memo made public Thursday....

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