Key Asia militant nabbed

Jakarta, June 15 (Reuters): Indonesia has captured the head of southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), police said today.

The man, who was caught on Saturday in the central Java city of Yogyakarta, was named as Zarkasih, the chief of the country’s anti-terrorist unit said.

Pak ambush

Quetta (Reuters): Militants ambushed a vehicle on Thursday, killing six soldiers and three other people in the Pakistan city of Quetta, hours after a visit by a senior US official.

Lanka probe

Colombo (Reuters): A Sri Lankan probe into rights abuses blamed on security forces and Tamil Tiger rebels looks set to end in failure, international experts warned.

US race trial

Jackson, Mississippi (Reuters): A former Ku Klux Klansman was found guilty of kidnapping in the 1964 killings of two black men in Mississippi.