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Indonesia seeks to repatriate serial rapist from UK
Published on 08/02/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has begun talks with Britain to repatriate the most prolific rapist in British history, a senior minister said, following its move to also seek the return of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being one of the Bali bomb plotters.
US repatriates Malaysians linked to 2002 Bali bombing
Published on 18/12/2024
» The US military said on Wednesday that it had repatriated two Malaysian men from its prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, who admitted to committing war crimes for an affiliate of al-Qaida that carried out a deadly bombing in Bali in 2002.
Malaysian prisoners plead guilty to conspiring in 2002 Bali bombing
New York Times, Published on 18/01/2024
» GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Two Malaysian prisoners at Guantánamo Bay pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring in the October 2002 nightclub bombings in the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, which killed more than 200 people.
Thailand revamps Middle East strategy
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 08/02/2022
» After 32 years of frosty relations, the dramatic normalisation of Thai-Saudi diplomatic relations have far-reaching implications for both countries' diplomatic pathways in the world's most volatile region.
Scientists struggle to reproduce bald version of the smelly ‘king of fruit’
Published on 24/04/2020
» There are two things the durian fruit is famous for: a smell that has been described as anything from old socks to dead cats, and its spiky skin that makes handling it such a hazard. What if the legendary "king of fruit" had none of those infamous spikes?
Ex-US base 'not secret prison'
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 27/08/2018
» The army will open an old US military base suspected of housing a secret prison in Udon Thani as a tourist attraction, expelling any suspicions about the existence of secret US detention and interrogation facilities in Thailand.
Reformed Indonesia militants mark Independence Day
Reuters, Published on 17/08/2017
» TENGGULUN, Indonesia -- Fifteen years since they were members of a radical Islamist group that killed 202 people on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali, Ali Fauzi and Sumarno are building peace instead of bombs.
Australia welcomes Hambali charges
Published on 24/06/2017
» SYDNEY: Australia has welcomed charges laid by the United States against a Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of masterminding the 2002 Bali bombings in which 202 people were killed, including 88 Australians.
US charges Guantanamo detainee with Bali, Jakarta bombings
Associated Press, Published on 24/06/2017
» WASHINGTON: A US war court has charged an Indonesian detainee at Guantanamo Bay in connection with the 2002 bombing in Bali that marked Indonesia's deadliest terror strike, according to court documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
Stopping trafficking movement in its tracks
Spectrum, Published on 26/02/2017
» The transnational crime plaguing Thailand in recent years is being treated seriously by authorities, says a government expert. Panitan Wattanayagorn, an adviser to Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, says the government is actively trying to fix these issues, placing special focus on fighting human trafficking crimes.