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Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie the 64 year old French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs has been forced to resign after criticism for sending teargas to Tunisia as civil unrest spread throughout the country and suggesting that France send the Tunisian regime riot police support to help restore order during the Tunisian Revolution. Revelations had also surfaced that she and her family had links to former President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali and his regime via a business arrangement, and that she had visited Tunisia during the course of the uprising on a personal holiday that included flights on a private jet belonging to an associate of Ben Ali. Alliot-Marie has denied any wrong doing and blames the media for creating suspicion.

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Andrew Edward “Andy” Coulson the 42 year old British former editor of the News of the World and British PM David Cameron’s communications director has been forced to resign from the position following continued media coverage of the illegal phone-hacking that occurred while he was editor of the Murdoch owned News of the World. Despite the conviction and jailing of two of his staff over the illegal phone hacks, and his renowned bullying behavior toward staff, Crown prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence to charge Coulson over the allegations. Rumors are now spreading of the existence of hundreds of tapes that will give the investigation a renewed intensity particularly as pressure builds for the British government to block Murdoch’s $12 billion bid for TV operator BSkyB.

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