Date set for terrorism summit<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesia will host a regional ministerial conference
\non combating terrorism in February next year, Foreign Minister
\nHassan Wirayuda said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The conference will be attended by foreign ministers, justice
\nministers, police and intelligence officers from Southeast Asian
\ncountries, China, Japan, South Korea, the United States and the
\nEuropean Union, Hassan said.<\/p>\n
The minister said the conference would be held in the first
\nweek of February in the resort island of Bali, the scene of last
\nOctober's deadly terror bombings which killed 202 people, mostly
\nforeigners.<\/p>\n
It will be co-hosted by Australia, which lost 88 nationals in
\nthe bombings.<\/p>\n
"This is part of an effort to strengthen anti-terror
\ncooperation which will lead to practical measures in light of the
\nrecent events such as the Marriott bombing and the arrest of
\nHambali," Hassan said.<\/p>\n
Those events have brought "a realization that the terrorist
\nthreat has yet to be overcome thoroughly and therefore regional
\ncooperation is crucial," he said.<\/p>\n
The car bombing at the US-franchised Marriott hotel in Jakarta
\non Aug. 5 killed 12 people and injured more than 140.<\/p>\n
Officials said the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) extremist network,
\nwhich is blamed for the Bali blasts, was behind the attack.<\/p>\n
Hambali, JI's alleged operations leader, was arrested in
\nThailand on Aug. 11 and is now in US custody at an undisclosed
\nlocation. --AFP<\/p>",
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