“News Agency Denies Saying Bin Laden on Way to Rome,” from Reuters, with thanks to Romy:
ROME – 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.