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Neil Wallis, the paper's ex-deputy editor, and
former features editor Jules Stenson, have been charged with
conspiracy to intercept voicemails on mobile phones of
well-known figures or people close to them, the Crown
Prosecution Service said.
The charges come after Andy Coulson, who edited the paper from
2003 until 2007 before later working as Prime Minister David
Cameron's media chief, was jailed for 18 months for encouraging
staff to hack phones in a bid to get exclusive stories.
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His trial, one of the most expensive of its kind in British
legal history, heard that thousands of victims from celebrities
to politicians and victims of crime were targeted by the paper.
Outrage at the paper's activities led Murdoch to closing the
paper in 2011 when revelations of the scale of the crimes came
to light, and Cameron has since apologized for employing Coulson.
Four other former journalists and a private detective who worked
for the paper have also admitted phone-hacking while working for
the News of the World.
A week ago, the CPS decided not to take action against six other
staff. Prosecutors are still considering whether corporate
charges should be brought against News Corp.'s British arm.
Wallis and Stenson are due to appear at London's Westminster
Magistrates' court on Aug. 21.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Alison Williams)
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