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Dead Soldiers’ Families Hacked

NEWS OF THE WORLD

Veterans' group cancels project with paper.

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How much worse can it get? Personal details of the families of dead soldiers were included in the files of a private investigator jailed for hacking phones for the News of the World, the Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. After the news, the Royal British Legion, Britain's leading charity for veterans, canceled a campaign it planned to mount with the paper to save the chief coroner's Office. It also said it is reviewing all advertising arrangements with News of the World parent company News International, whose properties include the Times of London and the Sun.

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