An explosion and blaze at a fireworks factory near the Indonesian capital has killed at least 47 people, most of them female workers, and injured dozens more, police said.

ONE of the biggest wine scandals of the past few decades reached its final chapter in a New York court on August 7 last when Rudy Kurniawan was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fake wine.

A California wine collector the government has characterised as a prolific counterfeiter, who sold at least $20m (€14.9m) of fake wine, faces at least 11 years in prison on fraud charges.

A US wine merchant has been convicted of conning aficionados into paying millions for fake bottles of some of the world’s rarest vintages.

Indonesian prosecutors today asked for the death sentence for one of the Australian Embassy bombers, saying he was a key planner in the attack that killed 11 people who showed no remorse for his actions.