INDONESIA: A bomb went off in Ambon, Maluku, on Monday night,

INDONESIA: A bomb went off in Ambon, Maluku, on Monday night, just hours after two Christian separatist flags flew across a Muslim area in a city still recovering from an outbreak of sectarian violence. The explosion, which occurred at 6:03 p.m., was "quite loud" and was thought to have taken place near the Batugantung, Waringin and Talake areas, which border Muslim and Christian communities here, an AFP correspondent said. There was no official statement from military or police as to what caused the explosion or whether there were any casualties. Earlier on Monday, two flags of the separatist South Maluku Republic (RMS) group flew in Ambon. -- AFP

100 killed in prison

HONDURAS: A fire sparked by a short-circuit killed 102 inmates and injured more than two dozen others in a prison in northern Honduras early on Monday, Honduran security officials said. It was the second major jail fire in the country in a little more than a year. The short-circuit apparently occurred when a refrigerator motor overheated in a cell block housing 186 gang members, Police Commissioner Wilmer Torres said. Some prisoners were burned to death while others died from smoke inhalation. There were no reports of any escapes, Torres said. Many of the gang members were detained during the country's recent crackdown on gang violence. Most of the inmates were asleep at the time of the fire. "The bodies have been counted," Vice Security Minister Armando Calidonio said, adding: "The situation is serious." --AP