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Pakistani women carry pots whilst walking back to their homes after collecting fresh water from a nearby water point on World Water Day on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people has been arrested in Pakistan, an Indonesian counterterrorism official said Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
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Highest rate of population growth in Badung and Denpasar PAGE 8 AP Photo/Anjum Naveed
Bali bomb suspect arrested in Pakistan: Indonesia Panic! at the Disco downsizes, may head to B’way PAGE 12
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JAKARTA - An alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings that killed more than 200 people has been arrested in Pakistan, an Indonesian counter-terrorism official said Wednesday. The official told AFP on condition of anonymity that Umar Patek had been detained on Tuesday but declined to give details about where or how the arrest was made. There
has been no immediate confirmation from authorities in Pakistan. A team comprising police and counter-terrorism officials has been sent to Pakistan, Indonesian
officials said. “Our intelligence team is verifying the information with the Pakistani authorities to confirm if the person arrested was really him,” National Anti-Terror Agency chief Ansyaad Mbai told AFP. “If it’s him, then that’s really good news for us.” “We’re not surprised if he’s in Pakistan as these terrorists move from country to country,” he added. Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police
have been tracking Patek for years. One of the most wanted Islamic extremists in Southeast Asia, he has a $1 million bounty on his head under the US government’s “Rewards for Justice” programme. Born in 1970, he was the alleged field coordinator for the bombings of night clubs on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians. Continued on page 6
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ROME – Hollywood star George Clooney and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo could testify in Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s defence in his upcoming sex trial, a lawyer told AFP. Clooney and his girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis, according to the defence, were among those who attended parties at Berlusconi’s villa at Arcore which the prosecution says was the scene of orgies and strip-shows with prostitutes. The 74-year old premier is to stand trial on April 6 for allegedly having paid pole dancer Karima El Mahroug, nicknamed “Ruby the Heart Stealer”, for sex when she was 17, after one of his parties. “We have proposed George Clooney as a witness,” the lawyer said. “Ruby says both Clooney and
Canalis were at a party at Arcore.” Clooney issued a statement expressing puzzlement. “It seems odd since I’ve only met Berlusconi once and that was in an attempt to get aid into Darfur,” he said. The voluptuous dark-haired dancer told investigating judges she had sex with Real Madrid player Ronaldo after meeting him in a Milan nightclub in January 2010. Ronaldo, currently the highest-paid footballer in the world, has denied ever meeting Ruby or giving her 4,000 euros in cash for her sexual services. The current trial is centred around allegations that Berlusconi not only paid for sex with Ruby, but improperly used his power as prime minister by asking police to release her after she was arrested for suspected theft in May. Continued on page 6
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A combo image of US actor George Clooney and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. A lawyer close to the “Ruby the Heart Stealer” case told AFP on March 29, 2011 that Clooney could testify in Berlusconi’s defence in his upcoming sex trial.