Clearly most of us would be but the astonishing history of News Corp is not just the criminality at the News of the World but also its ability to err as a business, on such a scale.

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Two of his sons are facing corruption charges, his time as president is fast running out and only Korea's astonishing run of success in the football World Cup has broken the spell of bad news for his party's election campaign.

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This is particularly welcome news given data released by CDC this week showing that young Americans comprised an astonishing one quarter of new HIV infections in 2010.

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Saks (nyse: SKS - news - people ) has already reported same-store sales increases of an astonishing 24.7%.

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Yet just last week came news that Amazon deforestation had increased almost six-fold in just a year - an astonishing rise, and a trend large enough, if it continues, to guarantee the emissions target won't be met.

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