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Antiterrorism police killed two alleged terrorists and arrested three others suspected of involvement in last month's deadly hotel bombs in Jakarta, a police spokesman said. The nighttime raid on a house near Jakarta uncovered more than 1,000 pounds of explosives, and a car fitted out for another terrorist attack, said Nanan Sukarna, the police spokesman. Meanwhile, a standoff with terrorists at a house near Temanggung, a town in central Java, a province on Indonesia's main island, which began at 5 p.m. local time on Friday continued on Saturday morning. Police say they believe inside the house was Noordin Mohamed Top,...

Tributes are left for those killed in the hotel attacks Indonesian officials say there are "strong indications" a key wanted fugitive was behind Friday's deadly attacks on two hotels in Jakarta. Noordin Mohamed Top is wanted for plotting the Bali bombings of 2002 and 2005 and other Indonesian attacks. Nine people, including two suicide bombers, died in the attacks on the Ritz-Carlton and JW Marriott. At least four of Friday's victims are said to be foreigners but have not all been formally identified. See map of area Police in the Indonesian capital are studying DNA and other evidence to...

Indonesian police have arrested a man they suspect of harboring a Malaysian militant accused of masterminding the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and other attacks on Western targets in recent years. The suspect, identified only as Fauzan, is being held at National Police Headquarters under anti-terror laws that allow police to detain a suspect for an initial period of seven days, Maj. Gen. Aryanto Budiharjo said Monday. Fauzan was arrested "recently" at an undisclosed location in east Java province, said Budiharjo. Officers suspect he hid Malaysian militant Noordin Mohamed Top earlier this year in a house in east Java, said Budiharjo,...