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.

MORE than 70,000 members of a hardline group held a rally in Indonesia that heard calls for a caliphate — a single Muslim government across the Islamic world.

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.

ALLEGED terror leader Abu Bakar Bashir said TV shows featuring scantily clad women were more harmful than the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, the state news agency reported.

Alleged terror leader Abu Bakar Bashir said TV shows featuring scantily clad women were more harmful than the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people, the state news agency reported.

RELATIVES of victims of the 2002 Bali bombings yesterday said they were “deeply alarmed and distressed” Indonesia had cut the sentences of 12 people jailed over the attacks.

Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir lashed out at the US just hours after his release from jail today, as he headed to his home town to resume teaching at an Islamic school notorious for producing several deadly militants.

Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual head of an al-Qaida-linked terror group, will not have his prison sentence reduced to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the Indonesian government said today.

Australia’s foreign minister today said he will visit neighbouring Indonesia next week to push for Jakarta to ban the Islamic militant group suspected in the Bali bombings and end sentence reductions for convicted terrorists.

Indonesia’s president said today that deadly bombings on tourist-packed restaurants in Bali and other terror strikes were battering the country’s reputation and called on his military to stamp out the scourge of terrorism in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.

NEW terror fears gripped Asia yesterday, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the elusive militant group suspected in deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.

New terror fears gripped Asia today, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the elusive militant group suspected in deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.

A militant cleric jailed for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings will be among 53,000 inmates receiving sentence reductions to mark Indonesia’s independence day, authorities said today.

Convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby’s best hope for overturning a 20-year prison sentence may now lie in video teleconferencing witnesses who claim the marijuana found in her surf board bag was planted, her lawyer said today.

Islamic militants in Indonesia are taking advantage of the devastation caused by the December 26 earthquake and tsunami by stealing relief funds and extending their networks, an expert on terrorism said today.

Indonesia’s high court has upheld a 30-month prison sentence for accused terror chief Abu Bakar Bashir for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings, a court official said today.

Indonesian prosecutors have appealed a 30-month sentence handed down to militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings – a move likely to please Australia and the US, which are hoping for a longer sentence against the preacher.

Indonesia today defended its record on fighting terrorism after the United States and Australia criticised the 30-month sentence given to the alleged spiritual leader of an al-Qaida-linked terror group as too lenient.

AMERICA and Australia yesterday criticised the 30-month prison sentence given to militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings.

An Indonesian court today sentenced alleged terror leader Abu Bakar Bashir to 30 months in prison for conspiracy in the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, but cleared him of three more serious charges, including ordering the attack.

Prosecutors demanded that militant Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir be jailed for eight years today for his alleged role in a string of deadly bombings.

Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir formally denied in court today any involvement in the Bali and J W Marriott Hotel bombings, saying the attacks that killed 214 people ran counter to his principles.

Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is the head of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group, and once told its members that shedding the blood of non-Muslims is allowed under Islamic law, a key witness told a court today.

Last year’s bombing of the Marriott hotel in the Indonesian capital Jakarta was inspired by Osama bin Laden, a militant convicted of the attack said today.

The Indonesian cleric accused of heading the al-Qaida-linked terror group behind the 2002 Bali bombings proclaimed his innocence as he went on trial today, while prosecutors alleged he spurred followers in “the waging of war” against America and its allies.

Indonesian prosecutors today charged militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir with ordering his followers to launch a suicide attack on a Jakarta hotel last year.

Indonesia has today welcomed the release of two of its nationals who had been held hostage in Iraq, and reiterated earlier warnings for all its citizens to immediately leave the war-torn country.

A militant group claimed to have killed two hostages in Iraq – one a Turk and the other an Iraqi who was a long-time resident in Italy, the Arab news network Al-Jazeera reported.

A militant group claiming to have kidnapped two Indonesian women says it will free them if their government releases a Muslim cleric accused of heading an al Qaida-linked group, the Arab news station Al-Jazeera reported today.

Indonesian police today announced the arrests of four suspects in the suicide bombing at the Australian Embassy – the first major breakthrough in an investigation into the deadly attack.

Australia warned today that terrorists could be planning another attack on its citizens in Indonesia, two days after a bomb killed nine people outside Canberra’s embassy in Jakarta.

AN Islamic militant group yesterday claimed that a deadly truck bomb attack outside the Australian Embassy in Indonesia was a punishment for Australian support for the war in Iraq.

Police received a phone text message before the Australian Embassy bombing, warning that foreign missions in Jakarta would be attacked unless the alleged head of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group was freed, Australia’s foreign minister said today.

A bomb attack near the Australian Embassy in Indonesia today in which at least seven people were killed may have been the work of a British-trained engineer who has eluded capture for nearly three years, Malaysian security officials said.

Lawyers for the 32 militants convicted in the Bali bombings two years ago today said they expect many to appeal after a court ruled that tough anti-terror laws passed last year could not be used retroactively.

A British-born terror suspect told Australian police that Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was in charge of south-east Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, a court heard today.

HUNDREDS of protesters clashed with police in Indonesia’s capital yesterday as officers re-arrested a cleric accused of heading the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network and whisked him away — on the day of his release from prison.

Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Indonesia’s capital today as officers re-arrested a militant cleric accused of heading the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network and whisked him away for questioning – on the day of his release from prison.

INDONESIAN cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, due to be released from prison next month, had “intense and deep” involvement planning and executing terror attacks, US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said yesterday.

An Indonesian court today found the alleged leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group guilty of sheltering one of the Bali bombers.

An Indonesian militant denied allegations he headed the al Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist group as his trial began today on charges that he hid a key suspect in the Bali bombings.

INDONESIAN police have arrested 13 more people suspected of involvement in a wave of bombings across the country, a police spokesman said.

An Islamic militant was today sentenced to be executed by firing squad after judges found him guilty of being the “intellectual mastermind” behind last year’s deadly nightclub bombings on the island of Bali.