New York/Toronto  - A spying operation that infiltrated computers - many of them belonging to governments - in 103 countries has been uncovered by a group of Canadian researchers, the New York Times reported Sunday.

Victims of the malicious software, or malware, include computers in: the offices of the Dalai Lama; Tibetan exile centres around the world; NATO headquarters in Brussels; and the Indian embassy to the United States.

In all, 1,295 computers might have been accessed and had documents copied by the system, which the researchers dubbed GhostNet.

New York, Mar. 29 : Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff, who is currently in jail for defrauding investors of millions of dollars, also cheated on his devoted wife Ruth

Madoff carried on at least one affair during the couple's 50-year marriage, the New York Daily News quotes two sources, as saying.

One insider tells us Bernie once had a thing with an executive assistant at a major media corporation.

"She was attractive and Jewish," says the source. "He was quite generous with her. He used to fly her around."

Chicago, Mar 29 : Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has declared President Barack Obama "our quarterback" who will help bring the Olympic Games to the city.

Daley fresh from a Denver trip to promote the Chicago's Olympic bid, said, "This is the United States of America, and the person who's our quarterback is President Barack Obama."

"He is the one who will go to Copenhagen" to present the city's final pitch to the International Olympic Committee in October, The Chicago Sun Times quoted him, as saying.

Washington, Mar. 29 : US First Lady Michelle Obama has spent the past month travelling to North Carolina to rally military families, standing next to Hillary Clinton to encourage women to get politically active, showing up at a home-building site on the National Mall, visiting a District of Columbia school to talk up good grades and shovelling dirt for a "kitchen garden" at the White House.

In between, the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced that it would honour her with a special tribute for her contribution to the fashion industry, reports Politico.

Washington, Mar 29 : Republicans appear to be crafting their own version of Bill Clinton''s legendary campaign phrase in an effort to recapture both chambers in Congress next year.

According to FOX News, sixteen years ago, Bill Clinton surged to an improbable presidential victory over incumbent George H. W. Bush, primarily on the strength of a snarky campaign phrase: "It''s the economy, stupid."

Now, the Republicans have come up with a message: President Obama''s fiscal policy "spends too much, taxes too much and borrows too much."

Washington, Mar 29 : Lead vocalist for band Good Charlotte Joel Madden has revealed that he has no idea who famed Nadya ‘Octomom’ Suleman is .

Even though Suleman has been in the highlight for quite sometime, making headlines and gracing magazine covers, Madden was unaware of her existence.

“I don’t know anything about the Octuplet mom,” Fox News quoted him as saying.

His fiancée Nicole Richie had no comment on the topic either and said she “didn’t want to talk about that”, when the subject was brought up.