US District Judge Jane J. Boyle sided with hotel and online travel agencies named in the lawsuit and dismissed the claims made by plaintiffs on allegations that hotels and online travel agencies conspired to increase hotel room prices.
According to an email reportedly coming from former British prime minister Tony Blair to former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks, the ex-government head suggested that an independent review about the phone-hacking allegations should be conducted.
A group of major U.S. hotel chains and online travel companies on Tuesday won the dismissal of an antitrust lawsuit accusing them of an industry-wide conspiracy to fix the online prices of hotel rooms.
Australia has inadvertently made public the identities of almost 10,000 asylum seekers, the department of immigration said on Wednesday, raising concerns it could help locate people fleeing persecution and thus place them in greater danger.
