UN chief condemns Indonesia bombings

September 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Indonesia's most wanted Islamic militant, Noordin Mohammed Top, was among four people killed in a raid on a house in Central Java province, the country's police chief said Thursday. Police besieged the suspected safe house before midnight Wednesday after arresting two people hours earlier.

September 16th, 2009 JAKARTA - Indonesian police killed four suspected Islamic militants Thursday in a siege on a house in Central Java province, media reports said. Police began surrounding the house before midnight Wednesday on the outskirts of Solo city after arresting a man at a nearby market, the state-run Antara news agency said.

September 10th, 2009 AU condemns Madagascar coup leader's new govtADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The African Union has condemned Madagascar's coup leader for unilaterally forming a new government. The AU's peace and security council said Thursday that the government named by military-backed politician Andry Rajoelina violates an agreement that demands that all parties agree on appointments.

August 29th, 2009 SYDNEY - The suspected mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people, may escape trial in the case with US officials saying that military prosecutors lack the evidence to charge Hambali. News.com.au quoted senior US officials, as saying that military prosecutors don't have enough evidence to prove Indonesian terror suspect's role in the bombings of the Sari Club and Paddy's Bar on October 12, 2002.

August 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US strongly condemned the wave of bombings that took place in Baghdad Wednesday and killed at least 90 people, while expressing confidence that Iraqi forces are capable of providing security. "These terrorist attacks are an attempt to undermine the progress that Iraqi institutions and security forces have worked hard to achieve," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said.

August 2nd, 2009 JAKARTA - An undersea earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale Sunday jolted the West Papua province in eastern Indonesia, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 0854 GMT, was located at 127 km off the coast of Manokwari.

August 1st, 2009 JAKARTA - Young Indonesians are sending a defiant message to extremists behind the deadly July 17 bombings of two Jakarta hotels: "We are not afraid." An internet campaign against terrorism in response to the attacks on the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels has come into vogue among young, technology-savvy Indonesians with its slogans "Indonesia unite!" and "We are not afraid". A profile for IndonesiaUnite on the popular social-networking site Facebook has picked up nearly 200,000 members, and IndonesiaUnite also became the most popular topic for some time on the microblogging site Twitter.

July 18th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council has condemned the two bomb blasts that occurred in Indonesia's capital Jakarta Friday and called for the terrorists to be brought to justice. The 15-member council unanimously passed a non-binding statement that said: "The Security Council underlines the need, and affirms its confidence in the government of Indonesia to bring perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice." Islamist suicide-bombers are believed to behind the attacks that killed eight people and injured at least 50 in two hotels, the Ritz-Carlton and the Marriot, in central Jakarta.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama condemned Friday the bombing of two prominent hotels in Indonesia's capital Jakarta that killed at least nine people and injured dozens more. "The American people stand by the Indonesian people in this difficult time and the US government stands ready to help the Indonesian government respond to and recover from these outrageous attacks," Obama said in a statement.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - At least nine people, including some foreigners, were killed and about 50 people were injured in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday. Police said one explosion hit the Ritz-Carlton, ripping off its facade, and the other the Marriott Hotel.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemned Friday the bombing of two prominent hotels in Indonesia's capital Jakarta that killed at least nine people and injured dozens. "We condemn these senseless acts of violence and stand ready to provide assistance if the Indonesian government requests us to do so," Clinton, who was arriving in India Friday at the start of a week-long trip to Asia, said in a statement.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Latest reports in Indonesian capital Jakarta say that the death toll in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels on Friday has gone up from nine to twelve, while the injured list is still pegged at 50. A foreign news agency also reported that police in neighbouring Malaysia have stepped up security in major hotels and shopping malls across the country in the wake of the bombings.

July 17th, 2009 JAKARTA - Latest reports in Indonesian capital Jakarta say that the death toll in two bomb blasts at luxury hotels on Friday has gone up from nine to twelve, while the injured list is still pegged at 50. A foreign news agency also reported that police in neighbouring Malaysia have stepped up security in major hotels and shopping malls across the country in the wake of the bombings.

July 9th, 2009 G-8 condemns North Korea's nuclear testL'AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders have condemned "in the strongest terms" North Korea's nuclear test and ballistic missile launches. A G-8 statement Wednesday says North Korea's actions "pose a danger to peace and stability in the region and beyond." North Korea conducted a nuclear test in May, and ballistic missile launches in April and again just days before the summit.

May 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Wednesday the bomb attack that killed at least 40 people in the Pakistani city of Lahore. "No cause can justify such indiscriminate terrorist violence," Ban said in a statement.