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Bomb Plot Alleged as Suspects Are Arrested in Indonesia

Three alleged terrorists arrested near Jakarta were thought to be on the verge of carrying out an attack on a tourist area of the capital Sunday, Indonesian authorities said. A police spokesman in Jakarta said the suspects — two men and a woman — were planning to detonate a homemade bomb during a changing-of-the-guard ceremony at the presidential palace. The pressure-cooker bomb, weighing about 3 kilograms, would have been lethal over a 300-meter radius, the spokesman added. A fourth...

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