'Tempo's editor-in-chief named a suspect in defamation case:

'Tempo's editor-in-chief named a suspect in defamation case: Police have named on Wednesday Bambang Harymurti, editor-in-chief of Tempo weekly magazine, a suspect in a defamation case involving businessman Tomy Winata, who is close to the military. Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Prasetyo confirmed that Bambang was named a suspect after police investigators obtained testimony from five expert witnesses from the University of Indonesia. Prasetyo played down allegations that the police were under pressure to move against Tempo. The point of contention is a report by Tempo alleging that Tomy tabled a proposal to renovate the Tanah Abang market in Central Jakarta right before it was gutted by fire. Dissatisfied, Tomy sent his supporters to stage a protest outside Tempo's office, which turned violent involving attacks on journalists. The police have named three of Tomy's men as suspects in the attack. -- JP

Police hand over Bali suspects to prosecutors' office: Two armored cars on Wednesday brought top Bali bombing suspect Imam Samudra and two other suspects from their cells to the prosecutor's office in Bali. Samudra, Abdul Rauf and Andri Oktavia were handcuffed and wearing blue prisoner uniforms and flip-flops. Samudra, 35, is described as field commander of the October 12 blasts, which killed 202 people, mainly foreigners. Police say Samudra's henchmen Rauf and Oktavia offered themselves as suicide bombers and robbed a goldsmith's to help fund the Bali attacks. Hundreds of pages of evidence on them were also handed over. Police say Samudra and Rauf could face the death sentence if convicted under an anti-terrorism decree. Oktavia could face up to 15 years in jail.

Three Americans dead as reconnaissance plane crashes in Colombia: Three U.S. nationals died when the U.S. government Cessna they were using to search for three kidnapped Americans crashed in southern Colombia, an official said. There were no survivors. The Cessna crashed around 7:00 p.m. Tuesday (7 a.m. Wednesday in Jakarta) while searching for three Americans kidnapped by leftist guerrillas when their plane went down in the same jungle region on Feb. 13. --AFP

Annan confident of solution on Iraqi oil-for-food: UN Secretary- General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday he was confident the Security Council would reach a "satisfactory conclusion" on the humanitarian oil-for-food program for Iraq. The program uses Iraqi oil revenues to pay for food, medicine and other civilian goods to ease the impact of sanctions imposed in August 1990 following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Security Council members are nearing a solution after sharp divisions over whether restarting the program would give legitimacy to the U.S.-led invasion that they did not approve. --Reuters