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Alleged UK hacking of Belgian telecoms firm was far-reaching-reports

December 13, 2014 publisher belgium, broke-late, carried-out, european-union, finance-minister, further-delayed, james-bond, networks-first, saturday-news, went-undetected

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hacking of computers at Belgian telecoms firm Belgacom, alleged to have been carried out by a British spy agency, was more far-reaching than previously thought and went undetected for more than two years, according to reports published on Saturday. News of the intrusion into Belgacom's networks first broke late last year when Belgium asked Britain, its NATO and European Union partner, to respond to allegations that its intelligence service was responsible

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Islamic State suicide bomber detonates tank in eastern Syria

December 12, 2014 creative belgium, broke-late, carried-out, further-delayed, islamic, islamic-state, jihadist-social, networks-first, said-carried, said-on-friday, smiling-man, suicide-bomber, syria, the-province, two-photos

BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Islamic State suicide bomber detonated a tank at a Syrian air base in the province of Deir al-Zor, one of the last remaining government strongholds in eastern Syria, jihadist social media and a monitoring group said on Friday. One Islamic State Twitter account published two photos of a smiling man it named Abu al-Farouq al-Libi, who it said carried out the “suicide operation”.