to be very vigilant about checking. and target finally commented on this. they say they re on the case and they re sorry for any inconvenience. thanks so much. to another hacking story, this time the target kate middleton s cell phone. we ve learned the british tabloid knew was the world hacked into the future duchess s cell phone while she was still dating prince william. the revelations were made earlier today in a british courtroom at the trial of two former news of the world editors. jurors heard transcripts of messages in which the prince called middleton by a personal nickname and told her about his military training. we ll go to london for more on this. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol. these are really interesting especially for us brits who are traditionally very reserved and you don t often hear these intimate phone conversations happening between members of the royal family. as you ve said this is the part of the trial that the phone hacking allegations
explosion near the iranian city of isfahan. the exact location has not been disclosed. it s reported it was part of a military exercise. a uranium conversion plant is located just outside that city. earlier this month a mysterious blast damaged a missile base near tehran. a woman in the state of georgia says she had a 13-year affair with republican candidate remember man cain. she made the claim in an interview with local tv channel. cain has been married for more than 40 years, marred with a lot of allegations against him. he says he knows the woman but denies the affair. this is the fifth woman to accuse him of sexual harassment or extramarital contact. i m monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. hello. welcome to wbt, i m andrew stephens in hong kong. i m charles hodson in london. the top stories on tuesday, november 29th. rupert murdoch squares off with shareholders as phone hacking revelations continue to rock his leadership. stock markets in europe
to just one or two rogue reporters but in fact that it was widespread. now clyde good man wrote the letter in 2007 but it was only released publicly today. he claims the practice of phone hacking was, quote, widely discussed in the daily editorial conference until explicit reference to it was banned by the editor. good man who was convicted and jailed for hacking into the voice mails of members of the royal family in 2007 wrote the letter at the time of his dismissal from news of the world. when james murdoch answered questions before the parliamentary committee last month he told the committee he did not know about other reporters engaging in phone hacking but other senior executives, former executives of news of the world have told this parliamentary committee that james murdoch was in the loop. murdoch did say previously that parliament had been misled by the company when fresh phone hacking allegations emerged last month, but the latest revelation