'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