East Timor militia leader is jailed for war crimes
28 November 2002
The East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres was sentenced to 10 years in jail yesterday for his part in the massacre of 12 people in the run-up to an independence ballot three years ago.

Trial opens for British academic in Aceh
26 November 2002
A British academic accused of associating with separatist rebels in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province went on trial yesterday to face charges that carry a maximum five-year prison sentence.

Bin Laden film found in bomb suspect's home
25 November 2002
A haul of militant Islamic propaganda, including a video of Osama bin Laden's speeches, and bomb-making equipment, has been uncovered at three houses formerly rented by men accused of organising last month's Bali bombings.

Bali bombing was a suicide mission, suspect claims
23 November 2002
One of the bombs that went off in Bali last month was detonated by a suicide bomber carrying explosives in a backpack, one of the suspects told Indonesian police yesterday.

Police arrest the 'mastermind' of Bali bombings
22 November 2002
Indonesian police claimed another breakthrough last night in the Bali bomb inquiry, arresting the alleged mastermind of the terrorist attack that killed nearly 200 people.

Singapore relents on chewing gum ban - on doctor's orders
21 November 2002
Singapore, the tightly regimented city state that prohibits acts ranging from spitting in public to leaving lavatories unflushed, has relaxed its ban on one antisocial pursuit: chewing gum.

Police name mastermind of Kuta nightclub bombings as senior figure in terror group
18 November 2002
Police in Bali have named the mastermind of last month's bomb attack as an Indonesian man believed to be a senior operative with a regional terrorist organisation.

Indonesian police confound sceptics with speed as they crack terror cell behind bombing
16 November 2002
Investigators stage public interrogation of chief Bali suspect, Amrozi, who laughs and jokes about bomb victims

Chief suspect in Bali attack 'delighted' with carnage
14 November 2002
Indonesian police investigating the Bali terrorist attack named four new suspects yesterday while their prime suspect allegedly declared himself "delighted" the bombing had been successful.

Japanese baths guilty of race bias
12 November 2002
A public bathhouse in northern Japan has been ordered to pay 3 million yen (£15,000) in damages to three men who were turned away because they were foreigners.

Bali bombing suspect 'studied under cleric linked to al-Qa'ida'
12 November 2002
Indonesian officials said yesterday that the prime suspect in the Bali bombings had studied under a Muslim cleric who is accused of leading an organisation linked to the attack.

Two die and 15 missing in Manila plane crash
11 November 2002
A Fokker plane carrying 34 passengers and crew crashed into Manila Bay shortly after take-off early today.

Fresh arrests in swoop on Bali bomber's village
10 November 2002
Indonesian police swooped on the home village of one of the Bali bombers yesterday, raiding houses and arresting the principal of an Islamic boarding school suspected of links with the terrorist attack.

Bali bombers 'aimed to kill Americans'
09 November 2002
The Bali bombers aimed to kill as many Americans as possible and were displeased to discover most of the victims were Australian, Indonesian police said yesterday.

Bali bomb blast: police say van owner has confessed to helping attack nightclub
08 November 2002
Indonesian police are holding a man they believe played a central role in the terrorist attack that killed nearly 200 people at a Bali nightclub last month.

Indonesian police arrest suspected owner of Bali bomb van
07 November 2002
Indonesian police have arrested a man they suspect of owning the minivan that exploded outside the Sari Club in Bali last month, killing nearly 200 people.

Jakarta man arrested for Bali nightclub bombings
03 November 2002
Indonesian police have arrested a man who resembles one of three key suspects sought for the Bali bombings that killed nearly 200 people three weeks ago.

Indonesian police shift hunt for Bali bombers to Java
02 November 2002
Indonesian police have identified one of three men sought in connection with the Bali bombing, shifting their focus to the neighbouring island of Java after finding a photograph matching a sketch of him during a raid on a house.

48 die in Vietnam office blaze
29 October 2002
At least 48 people were killed as fire raged through a six-storey building today in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Cleric suspected of Bali bombing taken from hospital for questioning
29 October 2002
Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of the Islamic extremist group suspected of carrying out the Bali bombing, was taken out of hospital for questioning by Indonesian police yesterday.