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| Jan.11 |
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Tape shows attack plans
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| Jan.30 |
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US, Philippines joint military exercises
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| Feb.23 |
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No survivors in US helicopter crash |
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| Feb.26 |
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Asia-Pacific states tackle human traffic |
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| Mar.3 |
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Agent Orange talks open |
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| Mar.6 |
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Tommy Suharto charged with murder |
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| Mar.13 |
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East Timor's trial begins |
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| Mar.17 |
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North Koreans set off for Seoul |
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| Mar.19 |
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Tommy Suharto trial begins |
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| Mar.24 |
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Trial of speaker opens |
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| Mar.28 |
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Direct talks in conflict |
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| Apr.13 |
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Gusmao casts historic vote |
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| Apr.21 |
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Blasts kill 14
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| |
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Two arrested over blasts |
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| Apr.25 |
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Pilot blamed for runway crash |
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| Apr.27 |
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Muslim mob attacks village
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| May.5 |
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Aung San Suu Kyi 'out soon' |
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Aung San Suu Kyi freed
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| May.19 |
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Birth of a nation| East Timor has officially been declared independent after Kofi Annan handed over authority to the new government | |
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| |
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Timor starts work on new nation |
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| Jun.3 |
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Two die in school bus attack |
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| Jun.7 |
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Hostages die in rescue bid American Martin Burnham and Filipina nurse Ediborah Yap have been killed in a rescue attempt by the Philippine army
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| Jun.8 |
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Fight steps up after hostages die |
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| Jun.13 |
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Suu Kyi leaves Burmese capital |
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| Jun.17 |
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Indonesian sailors seized |
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| Jun.20 |
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Abu Sayyaf leader shot and missing |
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| Jun.22 |
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Opposition leader dies |
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| Jun.25 |
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Leadership plan cheered
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| |
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Rebel spy given $100,000 |
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| Jul.1 |
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Extra $10m to fight terror
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| Jul.2 |
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Mahathir rules out elder statesman role |
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| Jul.4 |
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Aceh faces state of emergency |
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| Jul.8 |
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Karaoke bar fire kills 23 |
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| |
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$36 million AIDS vaccine trial
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| Jul.9 |
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Anwar loses appeal against conviction |
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| Jul.20 |
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Thousands greet Suu Kyi |
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| Jul.22 |
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Police battle with protesters
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| Jul.23 |
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Indictments against Abu Sayyaf members |
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| Jul.26 |
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Tommy Suharto gets life for murder Court has sentenced the favorite son of former President to a total of 15 years in jail for paying a hitman to kill a judge
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| Jul.27 |
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Bombs injure over 50 |
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| Jul.28 |
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Powell arrived
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| Jul.29 |
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1,300 U.S. troops begin pull-out |
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| Jul.30 |
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Brief encounter for U.S. and North Korea
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| Jul.31 |
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ASEAN to cut terror funding |
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| Aug.1 |
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U.S. signs terror pact with SE Asia |
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| |
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U.S. promises Indonesia anti-terror funds |
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| Aug.15 |
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Timor police chief cleared of abuses |
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| Aug.17 |
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Blast mars Independence Day |
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| Aug.20 |
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8 kidnapped on Jolo |
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| Aug.21 |
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Two hostages beheaded Al Qaeda-linked extremists have beheaded two men abducted from the remote southern island of Jolo
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| Aug.22 |
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Army turns up heat on Abu Sayyaf
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| Aug.26 |
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Pope cancels Philippines tour |
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| Aug.27 |
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Indonesia resists calls for cleric's arrest |
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| Aug.31 |
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Army hunts ambush gang |
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| Sep.1 |
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Shootout near Papua ambush site |
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| Sep.4 |
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Speaker jailed for corruption
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| |
|
Outrage over rape report |
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| Sep.5 |
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Homemade bomb kills three in Ambon |
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| Sep.6 |
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Filipino man with iron bar injures 14 |
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| Sep.9 |
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Terror threat closes U.S. embassy |
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| Sep.12 |
|
Asian link to U.S. terror alert |
|
| Sep.16 |
|
Talks between Sri Lanka and Tamil rebels
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| Sep.17 |
|
Progress at Sri Lanka peace talks |
|
| Sep.18 |
|
Breakthrough for Sri Lankan peace |
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| Sep.19 |
|
Terror plot 'sought Islamic state' |
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| Sep.20 |
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Singapore to screen U.S.-bound cargo |
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| Sep.23 |
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Grenade explodes near U.S. depot |
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|
| Oct.2 |
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U.S. soldier killed in blast |
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| Oct.8 |
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U.S. terror suspect arrested |
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| Oct.12 |
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183 people dead after bomb blasts 250 people are injured, many with severe burns after a series of nearly-simultaneous blasts on the tourist island
| An explosion occurred at a nightclub. As people streamed out, larger blast tore through the Sari Club. U.S. and regional intelligence officials linked the bombings to the al Qaeda. Many of the dead and wounded were Australians. Bush offered U.S. assistance to the Indonesian government
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| | |
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| Oct.13 |
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Bali stunned by club bomb carnage
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| |
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Bali bomb survivors recall night of horror
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| Oct.14 |
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Al-Qaeda blamed for Bali bombing Defence minister has accused Osama Bin Laden's network of involvement in the massive bomb attack
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| |
 |
Bali bomb survivors return home There were tearful reunions at Australian airports as the anxious wait for relatives and friends continues
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| |
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Hunt intensifies for Bali bombers |
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| Oct.15 |
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Two questioned over Bali bombing The identity card of one of them had been found close to the nightclub where the bomb exploded
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| |
 |
Police search for Bali bomb clues Police are interrogating 2 Indonesians who were among dozens picked up but are reportedly attracting particular attention
|
| Oct.16 |
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Australia posts reward for Bali bombers Canberra and Jakarta will also set up a joint investigation team into bombings
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| |
 |
Australians urged to leave Indonesia Australia has urged all its citizens still in Indonesia to leave the country, following 'disturbing new threats'
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| |
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Blasts kill four |
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| Oct.17 |
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New terror laws imminent| Parliament gave support to Megawati's efforts to create a anti-terrorism decree. Police summon radical cleric | |
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| |
|
Howard renews terror warning |
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| Oct.18 |
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Deadly blast rocks Manila An explosion ripped through a bus on the northern outskirts of Manila, killing 3 people and injuring a number of others
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| |
 |
Cleric arrested in terror probe Police have arrested Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir and are questioning him over his alleged links to terrorist groups
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| Oct.19 |
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UK warns of SE Asia terror threat |
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| |
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Australia mourns Bali dead| A nation fell quiet as millions of Australians paused for sad and silent reflection | | |
|
| Oct.20 |
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Southern Philippines blast kills 1 |
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| |
|
Police probe '3 bomb' theory in Bali |
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| Oct.22 |
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Nightclub terror plans revealed |
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| Oct.23 |
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Bali suspect sketches made |
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| |
|
U.S. brands Indonesian group terrorist |
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| Oct.27 |
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Clashes as Muslim cleric seized |
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| Oct.28 |
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Japan-N. Korea take row to Malaysia Japanese delegates arrived for talks amid growing calls for Pyongyang to drop its nuclear program
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| Oct.29 |
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Calm urged after Ba'asyir arrest |
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| |
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100 dead in office blaze Fire ripped through a 6-story building in Vietnam that housed shops, a disco and several foreign companies
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| Oct.30 |
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Police release Bali suspect sketches |
|
| Oct.31 |
 |
Bali bombs 'work of experts' The Bali bomb attacks were not the work of a suicide bomber, according to Australian Federal Police
|
| |
|
Indonesia pressures Islamic militias |
|
|
| Nov.1 |
|
Breakthrough for Sri Lanka peace hopes |
|
| Nov.2 |
|
U.S. urges caution in Philippines |
|
| Nov.3 |
|
Dozens missing after ferry sinks |
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| |
|
Asian summit raps Western warnings |
|
| Nov.5 |
|
Second Bali bombing suspect arrested |
|
| Nov.7 |
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Man 'confesses' to planting Bali bomb Police say a van owner has confessed during interrogation to being part of a group that planted the nightclub bomb
|
| |
 |
Al Qaeda admits Bali blasts on Web Islamic militant group said in the al Neda Web site it had targeted 'nightclubs and whorehouses in Indonesia'
|
| Nov.8 |
|
Bali bomb suspect 'admits' militant ties |
|
| Nov.9 |
|
Aceh rebels surrounded
|
| Nov.10 |
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10 sought in Bali probe Police are looking for at least 10 suspects, based on interviews with Amrozi, already in custody
|
| |
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Passenger plane ditches into Manila Bay A plane with 29 passengers and 5 crew aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff. 16 were rescued
|
| Nov.11 |
|
Bali suspect linked to Muslim cleric
|
| Nov.13 |
|
Horror over Bali suspect's media circus
|
|
| Dec.4 |
|
Former dictator Ne Win dies
|
| Dec.5 |
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Blast rocks McDonald's| 2 explosions have rocked a restaurant and a car showroom in the eastern Indonesian town of Makassar | |
|
| |
|
Terror suspect admits Bali ties
|
| Dec.11 |
|
MI5 misjudged Bali threats
|
| Dec.12 |
|
Police link Bali and McDonald's bombs
|
| Dec.22 |
|
Life for Khmer Rouge commander
|
| Dec.24 |
|
Bomb killed at least 13
|
| Dec.26 |
|
12 die in ambush
|
| Dec.31 |
|
Deadly explosion in southern Philippines
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.30 |
US, Philippines joint military exercises
|
| Feb.23 |
No survivors in US helicopter crash |
|
| Jun.8 |
Fight steps up after hostages die |
|
| Jun.20 |
Abu Sayyaf leader shot and missing |
|
| Jun.25 |
Rebel spy given $100,000 |
|
| Jul.1 |
Extra $10m to fight terror
|
| Jul.4 |
Aceh faces state of emergency |
|
| Jul.29 |
1,300 U.S. troops begin pull-out |
|
| Aug.22 |
Army turns up heat on Abu Sayyaf
|
| Aug.31 |
Army hunts ambush gang |
|
| Sep.1 |
Shootout near Papua ambush site |
|
| Sep.17 |
Progress at Sri Lanka peace talks |
|
| Sep.20 |
Singapore to screen U.S.-bound cargo |
|
| Oct.2 |
U.S. soldier killed in blast |
|
| Oct.31 |
Indonesia pressures Islamic militias |
|
| Nov.1 |
Breakthrough for Sri Lanka peace hopes |
|
| Nov.9 |
Aceh rebels surrounded
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Feb.23 |
No survivors in US helicopter crash |
|
| Mar.3 |
Agent Orange talks open |
|
| Apr.25 |
Pilot blamed for runway crash |
|
| Jul.8 |
Karaoke bar fire kills 23 |
|
| Jul.8 |
$36 million AIDS vaccine trial
|
| Oct.13 |
Bali bomb survivors recall night of horror
|
| Oct.14 |
Bali bomb survivors return home There were tearful reunions at Australian airports as the anxious wait for relatives and friends continues
|
| Oct.29 |
100 dead in office blaze Fire ripped through a 6-story building in Vietnam that housed shops, a disco and several foreign companies
|
| Nov.3 |
Dozens missing after ferry sinks |
|
| Nov.10 |
Passenger plane ditches into Manila Bay A plane with 29 passengers and 5 crew aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff. 16 were rescued
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jul.8 |
$36 million AIDS vaccine trial
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.11 |
Tape shows attack plans
|
| Mar.6 |
Tommy Suharto charged with murder |
|
| Mar.13 |
East Timor's trial begins |
|
| Mar.19 |
Tommy Suharto trial begins |
|
| Mar.24 |
Trial of speaker opens |
|
| Apr.21 |
Blasts kill 14
|
| Apr.21 |
Two arrested over blasts |
|
| Apr.27 |
Muslim mob attacks village
|
| Jun.3 |
Two die in school bus attack |
|
| Jun.7 |
Hostages die in rescue bid American Martin Burnham and Filipina nurse Ediborah Yap have been killed in a rescue attempt by the Philippine army
|
| Jun.17 |
Indonesian sailors seized |
|
| Jul.23 |
Indictments against Abu Sayyaf members |
|
| Jul.26 |
Tommy Suharto gets life for murder Court has sentenced the favorite son of former President to a total of 15 years in jail for paying a hitman to kill a judge
|
| Jul.27 |
Bombs injure over 50 |
|
| Jul.31 |
ASEAN to cut terror funding |
|
| Aug.15 |
Timor police chief cleared of abuses |
|
| Aug.17 |
Blast mars Independence Day |
|
| Aug.20 |
8 kidnapped on Jolo |
|
| Aug.21 |
Two hostages beheaded Al Qaeda-linked extremists have beheaded two men abducted from the remote southern island of Jolo
|
| Aug.27 |
Indonesia resists calls for cleric's arrest |
|
| Aug.31 |
Army hunts ambush gang |
|
| Sep.4 |
Speaker jailed for corruption
|
| Sep.4 |
Outrage over rape report |
|
| Sep.5 |
Homemade bomb kills three in Ambon |
|
| Sep.6 |
Filipino man with iron bar injures 14 |
|
| Sep.9 |
Terror threat closes U.S. embassy |
|
| Sep.12 |
Asian link to U.S. terror alert |
|
| Sep.19 |
Terror plot 'sought Islamic state' |
|
| Sep.23 |
Grenade explodes near U.S. depot |
|
| Oct.2 |
U.S. soldier killed in blast |
|
| Oct.8 |
U.S. terror suspect arrested |
|
| Oct.12 |
183 people dead after bomb blasts 250 people are injured, many with severe burns after a series of nearly-simultaneous blasts on the tourist island
| An explosion occurred at a nightclub. As people streamed out, larger blast tore through the Sari Club. U.S. and regional intelligence officials linked the bombings to the al Qaeda. Many of the dead and wounded were Australians. Bush offered U.S. assistance to the Indonesian government
|
| | |
|
| Oct.14 |
Al-Qaeda blamed for Bali bombing Defence minister has accused Osama Bin Laden's network of involvement in the massive bomb attack
|
| Oct.14 |
Hunt intensifies for Bali bombers |
|
| Oct.15 |
Two questioned over Bali bombing The identity card of one of them had been found close to the nightclub where the bomb exploded
|
| Oct.15 |
Police search for Bali bomb clues Police are interrogating 2 Indonesians who were among dozens picked up but are reportedly attracting particular attention
|
| Oct.16 |
Australia posts reward for Bali bombers Canberra and Jakarta will also set up a joint investigation team into bombings
|
| Oct.16 |
Blasts kill four |
|
| Oct.17 |
New terror laws imminent| Parliament gave support to Megawati's efforts to create a anti-terrorism decree. Police summon radical cleric | |
|
| Oct.17 |
Howard renews terror warning |
|
| Oct.18 |
Deadly blast rocks Manila An explosion ripped through a bus on the northern outskirts of Manila, killing 3 people and injuring a number of others
|
| Oct.18 |
Cleric arrested in terror probe Police have arrested Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir and are questioning him over his alleged links to terrorist groups
|
| Oct.19 |
UK warns of SE Asia terror threat |
|
| Oct.20 |
Southern Philippines blast kills 1 |
|
| Oct.20 |
Police probe '3 bomb' theory in Bali |
|
| Oct.22 |
Nightclub terror plans revealed |
|
| Oct.23 |
Bali suspect sketches made |
|
| Oct.23 |
U.S. brands Indonesian group terrorist |
|
| Oct.27 |
Clashes as Muslim cleric seized |
|
| Oct.30 |
Police release Bali suspect sketches |
|
| Oct.31 |
Bali bombs 'work of experts' The Bali bomb attacks were not the work of a suicide bomber, according to Australian Federal Police
|
| Nov.5 |
Second Bali bombing suspect arrested |
|
| Nov.7 |
Man 'confesses' to planting Bali bomb Police say a van owner has confessed during interrogation to being part of a group that planted the nightclub bomb
|
| Nov.7 |
Al Qaeda admits Bali blasts on Web Islamic militant group said in the al Neda Web site it had targeted 'nightclubs and whorehouses in Indonesia'
|
| Nov.8 |
Bali bomb suspect 'admits' militant ties |
|
| Nov.10 |
10 sought in Bali probe Police are looking for at least 10 suspects, based on interviews with Amrozi, already in custody
|
| Nov.11 |
Bali suspect linked to Muslim cleric
|
| Nov.13 |
Horror over Bali suspect's media circus
|
| Dec.5 |
Blast rocks McDonald's| 2 explosions have rocked a restaurant and a car showroom in the eastern Indonesian town of Makassar | |
|
| Dec.5 |
Terror suspect admits Bali ties
|
| Dec.11 |
MI5 misjudged Bali threats
|
| Dec.12 |
Police link Bali and McDonald's bombs
|
| Dec.22 |
Life for Khmer Rouge commander
|
| Dec.24 |
Bomb killed at least 13
|
| Dec.26 |
12 die in ambush
|
| Dec.31 |
Deadly explosion in southern Philippines
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Feb.26 |
Asia-Pacific states tackle human traffic |
|
| Mar.3 |
Agent Orange talks open |
|
| Mar.17 |
North Koreans set off for Seoul |
|
| Mar.28 |
Direct talks in conflict |
|
| Apr.13 |
Gusmao casts historic vote |
|
| May.5 |
Aung San Suu Kyi 'out soon' |
|
| May.5 |
Aung San Suu Kyi freed
|
| May.19 |
Birth of a nation| East Timor has officially been declared independent after Kofi Annan handed over authority to the new government | |
|
| May.19 |
Timor starts work on new nation |
|
| Jun.13 |
Suu Kyi leaves Burmese capital |
|
| Jun.22 |
Opposition leader dies |
|
| Jun.25 |
Leadership plan cheered
|
| Jul.2 |
Mahathir rules out elder statesman role |
|
| Jul.9 |
Anwar loses appeal against conviction |
|
| Jul.20 |
Thousands greet Suu Kyi |
|
| Jul.22 |
Police battle with protesters
|
| Jul.28 |
Powell arrived
|
| Jul.30 |
Brief encounter for U.S. and North Korea
|
| Aug.1 |
U.S. signs terror pact with SE Asia |
|
| Aug.1 |
U.S. promises Indonesia anti-terror funds |
|
| Aug.15 |
Timor police chief cleared of abuses |
|
| Aug.26 |
Pope cancels Philippines tour |
|
| Sep.16 |
Talks between Sri Lanka and Tamil rebels
|
| Sep.17 |
Progress at Sri Lanka peace talks |
|
| Sep.18 |
Breakthrough for Sri Lankan peace |
|
| Sep.19 |
Terror plot 'sought Islamic state' |
|
| Oct.13 |
Bali stunned by club bomb carnage
|
| Oct.16 |
Australians urged to leave Indonesia Australia has urged all its citizens still in Indonesia to leave the country, following 'disturbing new threats'
|
| Oct.18 |
Cleric arrested in terror probe Police have arrested Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir and are questioning him over his alleged links to terrorist groups
|
| Oct.19 |
Australia mourns Bali dead| A nation fell quiet as millions of Australians paused for sad and silent reflection | | |
|
| Oct.27 |
Clashes as Muslim cleric seized |
|
| Oct.28 |
Japan-N. Korea take row to Malaysia Japanese delegates arrived for talks amid growing calls for Pyongyang to drop its nuclear program
|
| Oct.29 |
Calm urged after Ba'asyir arrest |
|
| Oct.31 |
Indonesia pressures Islamic militias |
|
| Nov.1 |
Breakthrough for Sri Lanka peace hopes |
|
| Nov.2 |
U.S. urges caution in Philippines |
|
| Nov.3 |
Asian summit raps Western warnings |
|
| Dec.4 |
Former dictator Ne Win dies