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