The News of the World has acknowledged eavesdropping on the voicemails of public figures and says it will pay compensation for an unspecified number of "justifiable claims".
But the admission has done little to end a scandal that has rattled Britain's political establishment and Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
A lawyer for Sienna Miller — one of several celebrities suing the paper — said the actress has not dropped her lawsuit against the News of the World, which she accuses of "outrageous violations of privacy". Lawyer Mark Thomson said Miller was awaiting more information from the newspaper before deciding what to do.
Miller accuses the tabloid of repeatedly accessing her voicemails over the course of a year and using the information for stories about her, her family and her former partner, Jude Law.
"What happened to them should not have happened. It was and remains unacceptable," the newspaper said.
