The Anglican Church is set for a major split on the issue of homosexuality, as church leaders meeting in Newry have called on the church in the US and Canada to withdraw from the Anglican group of churches.

THE Anglican church's first openly gay bishop said yesterday he was praying that his appointment would not lead to people leaving the church.

Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer today said the government had received information warning that some areas of the Indonesian capital Jakarta could be bombed, and urged its citizens to leave.