Indonesia’s president today won crucial parliamentary backing for an emergency anti-terrorism decree after the bomb attack that killed almost 200 people on Bali.

Indonesia’s former military chief General Wiranto was questioned today in connection with a burgeoning corruption scandal.

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.

Supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid in Indonesia have burned down two offices of the former ruling party in protest against moves by parliament to oust him from power.