'Tempo's editor-in-chief named a suspect in defamation case:
\nPolice have named on Wednesday Bambang Harymurti, editor-in-chief
\nof Tempo weekly magazine, a suspect in a defamation case
\ninvolving businessman Tomy Winata, who is close to the military.
\nJakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo confirmed that
\nBambang was named a suspect after police investigators obtained
\ntestimony from five expert witnesses from the University of
\nIndonesia. Prasetyo played down allegations that the police were
\nunder pressure to move against Tempo. The point of contention is
\na report by Tempo alleging that Tomy tabled a proposal to
\nrenovate the Tanah Abang market in Central Jakarta right before
\nit was gutted by fire. Dissatisfied, Tomy sent his supporters to
\nstage a protest outside Tempo's office, which turned violent
\ninvolving attacks on journalists. The police have named three of
\nTomy's men as suspects in the attack. -- JP<\/p>\n
Police hand over Bali suspects to prosecutors' office: Two
\narmored cars on Wednesday brought top Bali bombing suspect Imam
\nSamudra and two other suspects from their cells to the
\nprosecutor's office in Bali. Samudra, Abdul Rauf and Andri
\nOktavia were handcuffed and wearing blue prisoner uniforms and
\nflip-flops. Samudra, 35, is described as field commander of the
\nOctober 12 blasts, which killed 202 people, mainly foreigners.
\nPolice say Samudra's henchmen Rauf and Oktavia offered themselves
\nas suicide bombers and robbed a goldsmith's to help fund the Bali
\nattacks. Hundreds of pages of evidence on them were also handed
\nover. Police say Samudra and Rauf could face the death sentence
\nif convicted under an anti-terrorism decree. Oktavia could face
\nup to 15 years in jail.<\/p>\n
Three Americans dead as reconnaissance plane crashes in Colombia:
\nThree U.S. nationals died when the U.S. government Cessna they
\nwere using to search for three kidnapped Americans crashed in
\nsouthern Colombia, an official said. There were no survivors.
\nThe Cessna crashed around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday (7 a.m. Wednesday in
\nJakarta) while searching for three Americans kidnapped by leftist
\nguerrillas when their plane went down in the same jungle region
\non Feb. 13. --AFP<\/p>\n
Annan confident of solution on Iraqi oil-for-food: UN Secretary-
\nGeneral Kofi Annan said on Wednesday he was confident the
\nSecurity Council would reach a "satisfactory conclusion" on the
\nhumanitarian oil-for-food program for Iraq. The program uses
\nIraqi oil revenues to pay for food, medicine and other civilian
\ngoods to ease the impact of sanctions imposed in August 1990
\nfollowing Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Security Council members are
\nnearing a solution after sharp divisions over whether restarting
\nthe program would give legitimacy to the U.S.-led invasion that
\nthey did not approve. --Reuters<\/p>",
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