Australia warned today that terrorists could be planning another attack on its citizens in Indonesia, two days after a bomb killed nine people outside Canberra’s embassy in Jakarta.

A small bomb rocked Indonesia’s election commission today as the agency prepared to announce final results of the July 5 presidential election, expected to call for a run-off between the incumbent president and a former army general.

Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono maintained a commanding lead in Indonesia’s first direct presidential election today with nearly three-quarters of the votes counted, according to the country’s election commission.

President Megawati Sukarnoputri was beaten into second place in Indonesia’s presidential vote and will now face her former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in a September runoff, according to poll results today.

Indonesia’s environment minister today labelled illegal loggers ”terrorists” for rampant deforestation said to be the main cause of a devastating flood on Sumatra island that left more than 200 people either dead or missing.

PRESIDENT George W Bush pressed for closer Asian partnerships in the war on terrorism, carrying his appeal yesterday to free-trade partner Singapore and planning for a visit to Bali, Indonesia, under unusually tight security precautions.

Faced with furious criticism from the US and Europe over Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s assertion that Jews rule the world, Malaysia apologised today for any misunderstanding and claimed that no offence was intended.

The biggest summit of Islamic leaders in three years opened today with calls for the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims to unite against “a few million Jews” who allegedly rule the world and get others to fight and die for them.

A COURT acquitted a Muslim cleric accused of heading an al-Qaida-linked Asian terror group and plotting to overthrow the government, giving a surprise verdict in a case seen as a test of Indonesia's willingness to fight terror.

A court in Indonesia was today due to deliver its verdict in the trial of the alleged spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network.

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.

ABOUT 3,000 Muslim militants rallied yesterday in the city of Solo to support detained Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, who allegedly heads the al-Qaida-linked group accused in the deadly bombing at Jakarta’s Marriott Hotel.

TERRORISTS linked to al-Qaida were blamed for a suicide car bomb attack on a luxury hotel in the Indonesian capital, which killed at least 14 people and wounded 150 yesterday.

At least 13 people died today and 150 were injured when a suspected suicide bomber detonated a huge car bomb at the front of a luxury hotel in the Indonesian capital.

INDONESIAN planes launched rockets at a rebel base in Aceh province yesterday, signalling the start of a major military offensive.

A controversial Muslim cleric went on trial today denying he ordered dozens of deadly Christmas Eve bomb attacks against Indonesian churches.

Police in Indonesia have released a man arrested just days ago for his resemblance to the composite sketch of a suspect in the Bali nightclub bombings that killed nearly 200 people, a police spokesman said today.

Authorities in Indonesia have released a man arrested two days ago for his resemblance to the composite sketch of a suspect in the Bali nightclub bombings that killed nearly 200 people including around 30 Britons, a police spokesman said today.

A radical Muslim cleric has refused to discuss with police his alleged links to the terror group blamed for the Bali nightclub bombings.

Authorities in Indonesia have drafted sketches of three suspects in the Bali nightclub bombing that killed nearly 200 people, including around 30 Britons, and plan to post them throughout the country, police said today.

Police in Indonesia today said it could be days before they can question an ailing Muslim cleric over a string of deadly church bombings and his alleged links to a regional terrorist network.

Police investigating the nightclub bombing that killed almost 200 people on the resort island of Bali were today working on sketches of possible suspects.

A day after the adoption of a tough new anti-terrorism decree, Indonesian police today arrested the alleged leader of a militant group suspected in last week’s Bali nightclub bombing.

Indonesia today pledged to press ahead with tough new anti-terror laws and formed an international team to hunt down the culprits behind the Bali nightclub bombing that killed 33 Britons.

Indonesia today vowed to press ahead with tough new anti-terror laws and formed an international team to hunt down those behind the Bali nightclub bombing.

Indonesia’s government, reeling from a bomb attack that killed at least 180 people, acknowledged for the first time that al-Qaida is active on its soil - setting the stage for a possible crackdown on extremists.

ONE blackened body after another was yesterday pulled from the blood-spattered remains of a tourist nightclub ripped apart

Indonesia today said it will not extradite 17 pro-Jakarta militiamen and soldiers indicted by the UN for crimes allegedly committed during East Timor’s secession in 1999.

Riot police in Indonesia today used tear gas, warning shots and water cannon to disperse hundreds of Muslims staging protests against the United States outside the Parliament building in Jakarta.

Police fired tear gas to stop 300 Islamic students entering the grounds of Indonesia’s Parliament during an anti-US protest today, witnesses said.

The Australian Government hopes to work closely with Jakarta to stem the tide of illegal migrants passing through Indonesia on their way to Australia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.

Hundreds of Indonesian soldiers are patrolling the streets of a provincial capital after 16 small bombs exploded.