LONDON (AP) -- Police say Sean Hoare, the whistleblower reporter who alleged widespread hacking at the News of the World, has been found dead.Police said Hoare's death at his home in England was not considered to be suspicious, according to Britain's Press Association news agency.Hoare was quoted by The New York Times as saying that phone-hacking was widely used and even encouraged at the News of

KABUL (AP) ― Gunmen strapped with explosives killed a close adviser to President Hamid Karzai and a member of parliament on Sunday in another insurgent strike against the Afghan leader’s inner circle.Jan Mohammed Khan was an adviser to Karzai on tribal issues and was close to the president, a fellow Pashtun.His killing, which the Taliban claimed responsibility for, came less than a week after the

 

 

CAIRO (AFP) -- Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, whose health was the subject of contradictory reports on Sunday two weeks before he was due to face trial on August 3 for murder and corruption, enjoyed near absolute power for three decades as president before being toppled in February.The health ministry denied a report that he had gone into a "full coma" at the hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh where he has been

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has been arrested in connection with phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper, Sky News reported, citing sources.Scotland Yard said police have arrested a 43-year-old woman, without naming her. It is the tenth arrest so far over the scandal.The woman was arrested by appointment at a police station in London and is currently in custod