THE man accused of being the "intellectual mastermind" of last year's Bali nightclub bombings was sentenced yesterday to face a firing squad after being found guilty of the attack that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.

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.

The Bali bombings are to be made into a film, it was announced today.

An Indonesian court has sentenced two men to 15 years in prison for helping finance last year's terrorist bombings on the tourist island of Bali by robbing a jewellery store.

Prosecutors today demanded the death sentence for an Islamic militant accused of planning and financing last year’s bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali in which 202 people died.

The Bali nightclub bombings were supposed to take place on the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a key suspect told an Indonesian court today.

Indonesian police have arrested nine people in connection with last week’s attack on the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta which killed 12 people and injured nearly 150, the national police chief said today.

THE alleged mastermind of last year’s Bali bombings appeared in court yesterday, denying involvement in the atrocity while lawyers for the first man to have been convicted for the attack said they were ready to file an appeal.

The death toll from a hotel bombing in Indonesia rose to 11 today with the death of a taxi driver injured in the blast.

Defence lawyers were today considering an appeal against the death sentence for the Islamic militant convicted in last year’s deadly Bali terrorist attacks, even though their client has repeatedly said he wants to become a martyr.

SURVIVORS and relatives of the victims of the Bali bombing fear the death penalty will turn Amrozi bin Nurhasyim into a martyr in the eyes of other radical Muslims.

DELIVERING the first verdict for last year’s Bali bombings, an Indonesian court yesterday convicted and sentenced to death a key player in the attack that killed 202 people.

A “smiling terrorist” who faces a firing squad for his part in the Bali bombings should not be executed, relatives of the British victims said today.

An Indonesian court has found a man guilty of the deadly nightclub bombings on the island of Bali last year.

A tightly guarded Indonesian court today is expected to deliver its verdict in last year’s deadly nightclub bombings on the island of Bali, just days after a copycat blast ripped through a hotel in the capital Jakarta.

INDONESIAN police seized documents last month showing terrorists were planning an attack in the area around Jakarta’s Marriott Hotel, where 10 people died yesterday in a suicide car bombing.

Jakarta police seized documents last month showing terrorists were planning an attack in the area around the Marriott Hotel, where 14 people died yesterday in suicide car bombing.

At least 10 people were killed today when a suspected suicide bomber blew up a car in a huge explosion outside a luxury hotel popular with foreigners in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

The alleged mastermind of last year’s Bali bombings cried out in court today that Islamic militants would win the “crusade against Christians”, in his first appearance after prosecutors urged a death sentence for one of his colleagues.

THE alleged operations chief of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group told a court yesterday that police tortured him into signing a confession that he planned last year’s Bali nightclub bombings.

The alleged operations chief of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror group told a court today that police tortured him into signing a confession that he planned last year’s Bali nightclub bombings.

A man accused of last year’s Bali bombings told a court today that police had threatened him with torture unless he admitted he attended religious teachings by Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual head of terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.

An Islamic militant who prosecutors say fought for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan went on trial today accused of overall responsibility for last year’s Bali bombings.

A MUSLIM mechanic on trial for the Bali nightclub bombings told a court yesterday why he did it: he wanted foreigners out of Indonesia and thinks late-night TV shows and western films are immoral.

An Islamic militant accused of last year’s Bali bombing told a court today that he bought bomb-making materials and built explosives for three other blasts including one at the Philippines ambassador’s residence.

The alleged mastermind of the Bali nightclub bombings today denied playing a direct role in the blasts, but admitted being “morally responsible” for the attack that killed 202 people.

The Islamic militant accused of planning last year’s Bali bombings targeted the tourist island as part of a “programme of jihad” against the United States for its invasion of Afghanistan, a key witness said today.

An Afghanistan-trained militant went on trial in Indonesia today charged with masterminding last year’s Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people.

AN Islamic militant accused of plotting the Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people said he was "moved" yesterday as witnesses described the carnage left at the scene.

Witnesses told of their ordeal in the bombing that killed 202 people on Bali when the trial resumed today against an Islamic militant accused of planning the attack.

THE man dubbed the “smiling terrorist” went on trial yesterday for the bombings of two Bali nightclubs packed with tourists — an attack prosecutors said was aimed at punishing Washington and its allies for their perceived oppression of the world’s Muslims.

The first of 33 suspects accused in last year’s devastating Bali bombing went on trial today, accused of buying the minivan and bomb-making material used in the attack.