INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Hasan Wirayuda said yesterday that Indonesia and East Timor expect to come to an agreement on their land border before October.

The man accused of being al-Qaida’s operations chief in South-east Asia was planning an attack on a summit in October attended by US President Bush when he was arrested, officials said today.

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi may be freed from detention before October, Indonesia’s foreign minister said today.