Bashir likely to escape Bali charges
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Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged leader of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah, seems set to escape the most serious charges involving the Bali bombing.
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A group claiming to have captured two Indonesian women in Iraq has said it will release them if Jakarta frees Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir being held for alleged terrorist links.
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Lawyers of militant Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Monday urged a court to release him, in the latest hitch in the struggle to convict the elderly Indonesian of heading the Al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI).
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Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader of Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, faces trial today for criminal involvement in terrorist activities, the presiding judge said.
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JAKARTA Indonesian prosecutors will file terror charges against Abu Bakar Bashir, accusing the Muslim cleric of leading the Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah militant network, the attorney general&#39;s office said Friday.
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Militant Muslim preacher Abu Bakar  Bashir is set to face charges of involvement in terror crimes,  including last year's bombing of a luxury hotel in the  Indonesian capital, police said on Tuesday.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Indonesia Bureau Chief Haseenah Koyakutty. JAKARTA : Indonesia&#39;s top terror suspect Abu Bakar Bashir has dismissed his trial as a joke, saying that the only reason he is being detained
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A DEFIANT Abu Bakar Bashir yesterday blamed US President George W. Bush and his Australian &quot;slave&quot;, Prime Minister John Howard, for charges he faces over Indonesia&#39;s deadly Bali and Marriott bombings.
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ELEANOR HALL: It&#39;s being watched closely around the world as a test of Indonesia&#39;s stand against terrorism. Today the trial of Abu Bakar Bashir has begun in the Indonesian capital with the cleric facing charges relating to the Bali and Marriott bombings.
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THE federal government has welcomed the bringing of formal terrorism charges against Indonesian militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir. A spokesman for Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the charges reflected
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Indonesian prosecutors' bid to link cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to Jemaah Islamiyah took a step forward when a confessed senior member of the extremist group identified the elderly preacher as its leader.
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Indonesia's president has said the death sentence for three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings must be carried out, hinting in a television interview that he will not grant them clemency.
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In Indonesia, a militant Islamic cleric charged with inspiring a series of terrorist attacks has had a chance to defend himself. Abu Bakar Bashir could face a firing squad if he is convicted, but in court
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An Indonesian court has rejected a motion to free a Muslim cleric accused of heading the Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah. The decision clears the way for Abu Bakar Bashir to be tried under tough new anti-terror laws.
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Indonesian prosecutors say it is too early to link radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to the Australian embassy bombing. However, they confirmed Bashir had been charged over the 2003 deadly car bombing of the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia  - The trial of Indonesian  cleric Abu Bakar Bashir over charges related to the Bali and  Marriott bombings will begin on Oct. 28, a court official said  on Monday.
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RADICAL Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir could face the death penalty if convicted of charges over the Bali bombings, which killed 88 Australians.