"Everybody will want to be wishing her a speedy recovery, " she told Sky News television.

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"The tradition of this government has to be robust on these matters, even with a country with whom we've had the friendliest of relationships, " Rudd told Sky News television.

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Mr Hunt is saying that the creation of an integrated media giant - containing News International's newspapers, Sky's television, and both businesses' online and digital operations - would be a very good thing for the UK. And, more importantly, if the regulator takes a different view, then there would be ways of getting the deal through by imposing conditions on News Corporation.

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Sky News, a British broadcaster, said Syrian officials confiscated a television camera after a crew filmed an impromptu protest in Damascus, the capital, on Tuesday.

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