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　　The closure of the News of the World brings to an end more than 160 years of history.The Sunday tabloid was first published on 1 October 1843 in London - but this Sunday will see the last edition hit the newsstands. Its closure comes amid a major scandal over phone-hacking and alleged payments to police officers。 　　世界新闻小报在一开始出版是在伦敦的1843年的10月1日，很遗憾的是在7月10日我们看到了它的最后一版。它的关闭是在众多手机监听丑闻和警察局贿赂的共同助力下导致的。世界新闻报的停刊也标志着一段一百六十多年的历史就此结束。 　　Owned by News Group Newspapers, part of News International, which is in turn a subsidiary of Rupert Murdochs News Corporation, the News of the Worlds sales currently average 2,812,005 copies per week. Its owners claim that it is read by more people than any other English-language newspaper.James Murdoch, deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation, and chairman of News International, said the paper had enjoyed support from Britains largest advertisers and has a proud history of fighting crime, exposing wrong-doing and regularly setting the news agenda for the nation。 　　新闻集团的代理首席运营官和集团主席，詹姆斯默多克表示：这份报纸收到了当地最大群体的广告主的支持，而且拥有一段打击犯罪，曝光不正当行为并且为国家制定新闻计划的关荣历史。这份报纸的所有者是新闻集团，但是新闻集团本身又是新闻国际的一部分，也就是默多克新闻集团的一个分支。这份报纸现在每周可以卖出两百八十万份，报纸的所有者说它是被阅读的最多的报纸。 　　But the tide began to turn against the paper in January 2007, when its royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were jailed for hacking, after it was found they targeted Prince Williams aides.This set off a chain of events which has led to accusations of journalists hacking into the voicemails of the families of murder victims and relatives of UK soldiers killed in action。 　　但是当2007年报纸的皇家编辑Clive Goodman和私人投资者Glenn Mulcaire被关押，并被起诉窃取威廉姆王子的手机讯息时，公众趋势第一次对它不利。报纸记者窃取死于军事行动的士兵的手机语音信箱的一系列事件被曝光以后，记者和这家报业集团都遭到了起诉。 　　Announcing the papers closure, James Murdoch said the paper is in the business of holding others to account. But it failed when it came to itself. Paul McMullan is the former News of the World deputy features editor who helped blow the whistle on phone-hacking practi