The Indonesian Muslim cleric known as spiritual leader of the militants who carried out the 2002 Bali bombings has been jailed for 15 years for his support of a terror training camp.

INDONESIA yesterday arrested 16 terror suspects who planned to carry out a mass cyanide poisoning against police, according to the national police spokesman.

Osama bin Laden was a “warrior” who will be rewarded in heaven for the “great sacrifices” he made for Islam, Indonesia’s best-known radical cleric said today.

A top Indonesian al Qaida operative wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings has been arrested in Pakistan, foreign intelligence sources said today.

Indonesia’s best-known radical Islamic cleric today denied charges he helped set up a new terrorist cell and training camp that allegedly was preparing a series of high-profile assassinations and attacks on Western hotels and embassies.

The US and Australia today warned of possible terrorist attacks in Manila and the southern Philippines, sparking a security alarm in the bustling capital with additional deployments of police patrols and intelligence agents.

A suspected Islamic militant was critically injured when a home-made bomb strapped to the back of his bicycle detonated prematurely just outside Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, today, police said.

INDONESIA’S anti-terrorism unit arrested a radical Islamist cleric yesterday for alleged ties to an al-Qaida affiliated cell accused of plotting high-profile assassinations and Mumbai-style attacks targeting foreigners in the capital.

Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, once imprisoned for his links to the terror group behind the Bali bombings, was arrested today for alleged involvement with a new militant network.

Indonesia’s president said a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the 2002 Bali bombings was identified as the man shot dead by police in a raid on the island of Java.

An ailing 79-year-old Irish missionary dragged away at gunpoint from his southern Philippine residence is probably in the hands of Muslim militants seeking a ransom, officials said today.

A leading south-east Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed in a gun battle with police at a village hideout was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia’s president, the national police chief said.

South East Asia’s most wanted terrorist was reportedly shot and killed by police officers who stormed a suspected militant hide-out in Indonesia today to end a 16-hour siege.

A third bomb was set to go off but malfunctioned before two suicide attackers blew themselves up in hotels in Jakarta last week, an Indonesian police official said today.

Explosive material recovered from the scene of two suicide bombings at hotels in the Indonesian capital is “identical” to that used by the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah in earlier attacks, police said today.

INDONESIAN police have confirmed that regional terror outfit Jemaah Islamiyah were behind the twin suicide blasts at Jakarta hotels, and said one of the bombers had been identified.

Investigators were working today to identify a pair of suicide bombers who attacked two luxury hotels in Indonesia’s capital, killing eight people and injuring 50 others.

SUICIDE bombers posing as guests attacked American luxury hotels in Indonesia’s capital and set off a pair of bombs yesterday that killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50, authorities said.

Suicide bombers posing as guests blew up two luxury Indonesian hotels today killing eight and injuring more than 50.

A pair of powerful bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in an upmarket Jakarta business district today, killing nine and wounding at least 50, Indonesian officials said.

A suspected leader of an Islamic terror group responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings was arrested in Malaysia, more than a year after his escape from a Singapore jail.

A terrorist who admitted to meeting Osama bin Laden many times was sentenced to 18 years in jail today for killing an Indonesian teacher and plotting an attack on a bar frequented by non-Muslims.

Indonesia increased security today after three Islamic militants were executed for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people

Three Islamic militants executed for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people, many of them foreign tourists, were buried today before hundreds of emotional supporters. Some shouted “God is great!” and called the men holy warriors.

Three Islamic militants were executed late today for helping plan and carry out the 2002 Bali bombings that left 202 people dead, many of them foreign tourists, lawyers and relatives said.

Police stepped up security across Indonesia today, before the executions of three Islamic militants convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings.

Three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings will be executed next month, Indonesian prosecutors said today.

A top Indonesian court has rejected a claim by three convicted Bali bombers that their executions by firing squad would violate the constitution.

Three Islamic militants expected to be executed soon for the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people said today that they had no regrets.

INDONESIAN police arrested 10 terrorist suspects with a cache of powerful homemade bombs yesterday.

Two leaders of the feared Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah have been sentenced to 15 years in jail, dealing yet another blow to the group blamed for a string of deadly bombings in Indonesia.

AN INDONESIAN court sentenced two leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah group, blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings, to 15 years’ jail yesterday.

A top Muslim terror suspect was able to escape a high-security prison through an open toilet window, an inquiry found today.

A worldwide hunt was underway today for an al-Qaida-linked Islamic terrorist leader who slipped from custody in Singapore.

Singapore’s security forces searched today for an escaped terror group leader who allegedly plotted to crash a plane into Singapore’s Changi airport.

Three Muslim militants made last-ditch attempts today to overturn their death sentences for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, arguing the verdicts were against the constitution.

American and Philippine experts began DNA tests today to determine whether remains found in a jungle grave are of an elusive terror suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings who authorities believe was killed in a clash with US-backed troops.

An alleged plot by al-Qaida-linked militants to assassinate President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has sparked cancellation of her planned visit to the Philippines’ premier military academy this weekend.

The self-proclaimed military commander of the south-east Asian terror network behind the Bali bombings faced a possible death penalty as his trial opened in the Indonesian capital today.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard today defended his government’s warnings that a terrorist attack in Indonesia may be imminent, despite officials saying there was no direct intelligence a strike was being planned.

A close aide of Indonesia’s most-wanted terrorist has been arrested, police said today.

A bomb explosion rocked a southern Philippine public market today, killing at least three people and wounding 20 others, police said, as officials warned that Muslim militants may try to disrupt this weekend’s Asian regional summit.

Indonesia's Supreme Court today overturned the conviction that sent militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to jail for more than two years in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings.

Security forces tried to disrupt plots by al Qaida-linked militants to stage attacks but failed to track them, setting off an alarm that influenced a decision to postpone a pair of Asian summits, officials said today.