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Nude pictures of former French first lady Carla Bruni were used to break in to the computer systems of dozens of diplomats. The shocking security breach was first discovered at the G20 summit in Paris in February 2011 and may be ongoing. "To see naked pictures of Carla Bruni click here" said a message sent to those attending, who included finance ministers and central bank representatives. Once accessed, it infected the computers of senior officials as well as forwarding the offensive email on to others. "Almost everybody who received the email took the bait," said a government source in Paris,...

ORMOND BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ A Byzantine Catholic priest accused of posting his nude photograph on sexually explicit InteznEp pages has been removed from duty by the New Jersey bishop who oversees his parish. The Rev. Francis Gera was ``relieved of his assignment'' at Holy Dormition Parish last week, a lawyer for Bishop Andrew Pataki wrote in a Tuesday letter to a Catholic Church watchdog group. Lawyer Thomas P. DeVita said in the three-sentence letter that Gera also has been ``forbidden from performing any priestly functions.'' Gera, 64, was removed from his position after leaders of Roman Catholic Faithful, an...