Indonesian security forces have opened fire on striking workers at Freeport-McMoran’s gold and copper mine, killing one and critically wounding another, according to a union leader.

Indonesia and East Timor expressed deep regret for violence surrounding Dili’s 1999 independence vote after a joint probe blamed state institutions for “gross human rights violations”.

A report on Indonesia’s 24-year occupation of East Timor blames over 100,000 deaths and massive human rights violations including starvation and the use of napalm primarily on Indonesian security forces, Timorese officials said today.

INDONESIAN security forces raided the suspected hideout of one of Asia’s most wanted terrorist suspects yesterday, fighting a gun and grenade battle with militants inside.

Indonesian security forces were on alert today as Muslim students and activists opposed to US-led strikes in Afghanistan prepared to hold a mass prayer rally near the heavily guarded US Embassy in Jakarta.