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Salmond call to Murdoch after backing

ALEX Salmond spoken with Rupert Murdoch following the media mogul's apparent support for Scottish independence on the Twitter social networking site.

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ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT

Mr Murdoch, head of News Corporation, tweeted on Monday "Let Scotland go and compete. Everyone would win."

Mr Salmond, who called Mr Murdoch yesterday morning. said: "It was an interesting eight words: a textbook example of how to deploy a tweet and cause a great stir.