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Italian police have uncovered a major international computer-hacking operation that compromised private communications at the Vatican. Police in Rome announced the arrest of two engineers who are suspected of illicitly obtaining “information relative to state security.” The hackers, who were not identified, were described as London residents in their 40s. They had reportedly gained access to computer servers operated by Italian government leaders and European banking officials. The operation also penetrated the Vatican, police reported. Hackers gained access to computers used by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, at the Pontifical Council for Culture. They also hacked into computers at a Vatican guest...

Tehran, Dec 28 (ANI): al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri were spotted in Iran's Najamabad city two months ago, The News reported on Sunday while quoting a British daily. The daily attributed the story to a source having links with the Revolutionary Guards. The report said: "A man with links to Iran's intelligence services and hard-line Revolutionary Guard Corps (RGC) has told the daily that he saw the al-Qaeda leader in Iran two months ago. He saw him arrive at an RGC guesthouse close to the small town of Najmabad on 23 October." The Al-Qaeda leader,...

/begin my translationWhere Kim Jong-il Sleeps and Works £ At Chang-sung Guest House, Kim Jong-il in shorts on a restaurant boat While Kim Il-sung was alive, his son, Kim Jong-il, constructed all facilities (used) for Great Leader('s private life) below ground and interconnected them in a cob-web fashion (using tunnels,) in the name of "safeguarding the Great Leader." In reality, however, they were intended for (safeguarding) his future. He created special military engineering corps exclusively for this kind of project and pursued the construction of fortified underground facilities for a few decades. As a result, we suspect that their expertise...