教皇保罗二世的葬礼将于本周五(4月8日)举行，近日互联网上有消息称，据意大利安莎通讯社报道，基地组织头目本·拉登将参加这次葬礼。
针对此消息，意大利安莎通讯社６日说，这纯属无稽之谈，安莎社从未发布过类似报道。安莎社当天表示，有些人在这个哀悼教皇去世的沉重时刻也不肯停止恶搞，实在可恶。
近日网上有人模仿安莎社报道口吻称，本·拉登将从巴基斯坦飞赴罗马，参加在那里举行的教皇葬礼。
本·拉登，Osama Bin Laden，新华社译为“本·拉丹”，基地组织头目，据信是他发动了美国9·11袭击事件。自2001年10月美国发动阿富汗战争之后，一直在逃。有消息称，拉登可能藏在巴基斯坦与阿富汗交界的边境部落地区。为此，巴基斯坦曾联手与美国在边境地区发动多次军事行动，虽然剿灭了大批基地组织残余分子以及巴分离势力，但本·拉登的下落已然是个迷。
名词解释：安莎通讯社，ANSA。意大利第一大通讯社，Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata的缩写。
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=8102681&src=rss/oddlyEnoughNews
OME (Reuters) - Italy's leading news agency has denied reporting that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden would attend Pope John Paul's funeral Friday after a story attributed to it circulated widely on the Internet.
"Some people just won't stop even at a time of mourning for the Pope: among the deluge of false emails, viruses and spam, a false item attributed to Ansa is circulating about Osama bin Laden attending the funeral of John Paul II," the Ansa agency said.
In a dispatch issued late Tuesday, Ansa noted that the prankster, who specified bin Laden would be flying to Rome from Pakistan, had accurately imitated the agency's sign-off style -- a series of letters and numbers at the end of every item.
The Saudi-born bin Laden is thought to be hiding on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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