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'News of the Murd'

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The world papers review Rupert Murdoch's two days of testimony to the Leveson inquiry on media ethics in London. Cartoons show the 81-year old media mogul naked issuing denial after denial about the extent of his political clout and what he knew about phone hacking. That's the focus for this Friday, 27th April 2012.

IN THE PAPERS
By Nicholas RUSHWORTH

The Independent: "I never asked any politician to scratch my back"

The Guardian: "They covered up the cover-up"

The Guardian: "When a media mogul becomes the bloke at the golf club"

The Sierra Leone Daily Mail: "Justice is served..."

Liberia's 1847 Post: "Charles Taylor is guilty"

Liberia's Daily Observer: "What We Wish For"

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