THE alleged mastermind of the Bali blasts that killed nearly 200 people has confessed to involvement in those and other bombings that have rocked Indonesia in the past two years, the country’s national police chief said yesterday.

Indonesian police today arrested the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombings that killed nearly 200 people, including many Britons, the chief of intelligence said.

Hundreds of refugees have gone on a hunger strike aboard a Norwegian cargo boat, threatening to jump overboard if Australia continues to refuse them entry.