INDONESIA: Indonesia passes anti-terror laws 

The Indonesian parliament has passed anti-terrorism legislation which authorises the death penalty and detention without trial for some terrorist acts. 

Under the new laws, some suspects can be questioned for up to 6 months, intelligence reports can be used as evidence in court, and investigators will be allowed to intercept mail and tap telephones. 

The legislation is based on 2 emergency decrees issued last October, a few days after the Bali bombing, in which about 200 people died, most of them foreign tourists.