Labour MP Nick Raynsford said that when Mr Coulson was still working at Downing Street, the cabinet secretary had been alerted to evidence of illegal phone hacking, covert surveillance and hostile media briefing against a senior government official - a claim the cabinet secretary denied.

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An already hostile Greek media is asking if Syriza is a party that could ever run the Greek state.

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Some Italian ambassadors have been putting pressure on media hostile to Mr Berlusconi.

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Later I saw the uproar in Congress and the media over hostile takeovers.

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Knight Ridder (nyse: KRI - news - people ) is more vulnerable to a hostile takeover than most media ventures in this age of industry consolidation because of its unique capital structure.

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For many, both in foreign capitals, among the media elite and in Bush-hostile political circles, this is widely regarded as a very good thing.

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Loyalists in general are hostile and aggressive to journalists on the ground, believing that the media in general are sympathetic to nationalists and republicans rather than to them.

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"Maggie would have turfed the media out afterwards and taken questions from the audience even if they were really hostile, " he claimed.

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