It appears Noordin Top has eluded capture in a third police raid, Tom Allard writes in Jakarta.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian police will today intensify their attempts to determine whether a man who identified himself as the terrorist Noordin Top, and who was killed i

A leading Southeast Asian terrorist suspect reportedly killed Saturday in a gun battle with police at a village hide-out was planning a suicide car bomb attack on Indonesia's president,

Jakarta – The death of Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top would be a huge blow to his network but would not mean the end of Islamist suicide bombings in Indonesia, analyst

Naila Firdausi and Achmad Sukarsono – The reported deaths of Noordin Mohammad Top, suspected of masterminding a series of bombings in Indonesia, and two of his associates may reduce ris

Tom Allard and Karuni Rompies in Jakarta – Noordin Mohammed Top, the man suspected of masterminding a series of terrorist attacks across Indonesia, including the Jakarta hotel bombings

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Suspected terrorist mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was believed to have been killed in a Central Java police raid today.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – A decision by the Army to deploy personnel to assist police in conducting antiterrorism operations was criticized by a number of nongovernmental organizations

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Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Army says it is fully prepared to assist the police in antiterrorism work, particularly in the areas of intelligence gathering, bomb disposal and the depl

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Joe Cochrane – The Attorney General's Office said on Sunday that it was ready to take action against any publication used by terrorists to spread radicali

April Aswadi, Farouk Arnaz & Ferry Irwanto – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday said the July 17 bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels were setbacks that m

Tom Allard, Jakarta – A former leading figure in the Jemaah Islamiah who knew Noordin Mohamad Top says he doubts the authenticity of a statement posted on the internet under the name of

Tom Allard Herald, Jakarta – A message posted on the internet and purporting to be from the fugitive terrorist Noordin Mohammed Top has claimed responsibility for the twin hotel bombing

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesian authorities have detained a suspected financier of the terrorist bombings of two Jakarta hotels 10 days ago.

Nurfika Osman, Farouk Arnaz & Candra Malik – Investigations into the July 17 suicide bombings in Jakarta suffered two major setbacks on Sunday.

Farouk Arnaz & Heru Andriyanto – Fugitive terrorist Noordin M.

Rendy A Witular, Jakarta – Fighting terrorism has never been a lower priority for the police than it has been under the watch of police chief Gen.

Stephanie Tangkilisan – The media was criticized on Friday for its coverage of last week's bombings at two Jakarta hotels, including broadcasting graphic images of the victims and repor

The recent bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta were an ominous reminder that terrorists still view Indonesia as a prime regional location for launching attack

Lindsay Murdoch in Jakarta and Tom Allard in Java – The terrorist network behind the Jakarta hotel bombings received help from al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the Indonesian Armed Forces to deploy personnel down to the village level to help prevent of further terrorism

Paul Toohey, Solo – Abu Bakar Bashir has endorsed the deadly work of Southeast Asia's most wanted terrorist, Noordin Top, saying Allah would protect him in his fight for Islam.

Candra Malik, Solo – Hard-line Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Wednesday blamed the US Central Intelligence Agency for Friday's bomb attacks on two hotels in Jakarta.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Muninggar Sri Saraswati, April Aswadi & Farouk Arnaz – In what is becoming a nagging political problem, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's speech just ho

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The arrest of a key figure in the Indonesian terrorist network just weeks before the deadly Jakarta hotel bombings is believed to have prompted the terrorists to b

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono has been urged to apologize for linking Friday's hotel bombings to complaints made about the presidential election.

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – Indonesian police Tuesday questioned teachers at an Islamic boarding school amid reports a former student was one of two suicide bombers involved in last week's

Tom Allard in Jakarta, Brendan Nicholson in Canberra – Australia and Indonesia say they will take their close police and security relationship "to a new level of intensity" after the Ja

Jakarta – Intelligence experts say the recent presidential election distracted the police from the activities of terrorist organizations, leading to the recent bombings of the JW Marrio

Candra Malik – Hard-line preacher Abu Bakar Bashir was reportedly barred by police on Tuesday from delivering a sermon in Malang, East Java, after complaints from local residents marked

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Terrorism has no place in any religion, the leader of one of Indonesia's largest Muslim organizations said at a prayer gathering Monday for victims of the rec

Surabaya – Suicide bombings at two Jakarta hotels on Friday had nothing to do with Jemaah Islamiyah, a member of the Muslim Lawyers Team said on Monday.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – An extraordinary address by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in which he all but linked one of his political rivals to Friday's terrorist attacks has

A regular breakfast meeting was the perfect terrorist target, writes Lindsay Murdoch in Jakarta.

Rowan Callick, Asia-Pacific editor – The Jakarta bombers aimed to destabilise Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's technocratic, mainstream, economically liberal government days after its landsli

Marcus J Sihaloho – Former Vice Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto brushed off questions about his political rivalry with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as he visited the site

Presi Mandari – Indonesian police confirmed regional terror outfit Jemaah Islamiyah as the culprits behind twin suicide blasts at Jakarta hotels, and said one of the bombers had been id

Dessy Sagita – An Islamic boarding school in Central Java founded by radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the reputed leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group, denied on

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Dicky Christanto and Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The State Intelligent Agency (BIN) has admitted its failure to detect the infiltration of terrorists allegedly behind the bomb blasts tha

Telly Nathalia and Olivia Rondonuwu, Jakarta – Bomb blasts ripped through luxury hotels in the heart of Indonesia's capital on Friday, killing eight people and wounding dozens in attack

Tanalee Smith, Adelaide – An Australian think tank predicted that Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah might launch new attacks just a day before Friday's deadly hotel bombi

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – News TV-channel Al Jazeera English will broadcast an Australian documentary highlighting the plight of Papuans that will likely upset the Indonesian government.

Jakarta – Despite indications of an overall decline in terrorism threats, extremist fugitives still have the potential to turn non-violent activists into would-be bombers, an NGO revea

Farouk Arnaz, Muninggar Saraswati & AFP – Indonesia is cracking down on books written by the three Bali bombers executed last year in an apparent bid to prevent the spread of their

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The US will not release the Jemaah Islamiah operations chief Hambali into Indonesian custody despite finally permitting its counter-terrorism officials to intervie

Heru Andriyanto & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Authorities have arrested 436 terror suspects since the country launched a major crackdown on terrorism in the wake of the October 2002

Rob Taylor, Canberra – The execution of three militants for the 2002 Bali bombings should have been more tightly controlled to avoid becoming a public spectacle, Indonesia's Foreign Min

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Leading Muslim organizations Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah have called on Muslims to cease glorifying the three executed Bali bombers, branding them terr