A top Indonesian al Qaida operative wanted for the 2002 Bali bombings has been arrested in Pakistan, foreign intelligence sources said today.

AN Aer Lingus flight was involved in a mid-Atlantic bomb scare yesterday.

Al Qaida in Iraq has purportedly posted a statement on the internet blasting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s visit to Iraq and criticising her calls for including Sunni Arabs in the political process.