The murder in Pakistan of a Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl, attracted worldwide attention.

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Rigby's death has attracted worldwide attention because the slaying scene was captured on a cell phone camera.

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Reports of Hwang Woo-suk's studies attracted worldwide attention and enthusiasm from researchers and patients, but in 2006 he acknowledged faking his findings after questions of impropriety emerged.

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Reports of his studies had attracted worldwide attention and enthusiasm from researchers and patients excited about their potential for treating diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

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With all the aggravation and worldwide attention that the hacking scandal has attracted, News Corp. eventually shuttered the 168-year old News of the World, whose illicit activities led to the arrest of several News Corp. executives and resulted in parliamentary hearings in London and investigations of the scope of the scandal.

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