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Wendi Deng Murdoch grabbed worldwide attention on Tuesday when she acted as a human shield between her husband, Rupert Murdoch, and a shaving cream pie thrown by a protestor at Murdoch's parliamentary hearing, which probed the hacking scandal at News Corp, Rupert's publishing empire.The heroic act has earned her the nicknake of Wonder Wendi, with millions worldwide wondering who this woman is.42 to her husband's 80, Wendi Deng has been married to Rupert Murdoch s...
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Chinese immigrant, recipient of a Yale MBA, the third Mrs. Murdoch. Call her whatever you want, but Wendi Deng, the third wife of News Corp's Rupert Murdoch, has definitely made headlines, most recently when she blocked a pie of shaving cream from hitting her husband during a Parliamentary committee hearing.
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Amid local debt worries, China's tax revenue surges 30 percent
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