Jakarta, Mar. 16: The Australian embassy attacker, Rois Abu Syaukat a. k. a Iman Darmawan has scripted a book that preaches ‘jihad’.

Syaukat, in his 224 page book named What is Jihad? has claimed that the attack was warranted because it targeted ‘non-believers’. The Sun reports.

He provided the logistics for the September 2004 bombing, in which nine Indonesians were killed.

Syaukat is currently serving a death sentence.

This is not the first instance when any militant has published book justifying their deeds.

Earlier, the three Bali bombers Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra also came out with similar publication known as the ‘martyr trilogy’.

Jakarta  - Leaders of Indonesia's political parties on Monday kicked off their nationwide campaigns for the April 9 parliamentary elections, to be followed by presidential elections in July.

Electoral authorities have registered 38 parties to contest 128 seats in the upper house and 560 seats in the lower house.

In Jakarta, representatives of dozens of parties gathered at an exhibition hall to sign a joint declaration for a peaceful campaign.

Jakarta  - Separatist rebels killed an army soldier and set a bridge on fire in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, media reports said Sunday.

Army Private Saiful was shot in the head Saturday when rebels of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) attacked security posts in Tigginambut of Puncak Jaya district, district police chief Chris Rihulay said.

It was the latest in a series of attacks by separatists in Papua province in recent days.

Yangon  - Myanmar's prime minister, General Thein Sein, is to visit Indonesia and Singapore shortly in response to invitations from the leaders of the two South-East Asian countries, state media reported Friday.

Jakarta - The leaders of Indonesia's two largest political parties met Thursday to discuss a possible alliance ahead of this year's presidential elections.

The meeting between Vice President Jusuf Kalla and former president Megawati Sukarnoputri could pave the way for a coalition that could threaten reelection chances of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Megawati, who chairs the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), has been nominated to run in the July presidential election and is seeking a running mate that could boost her electability.

Jakarta - An Indonesian man had to undergo surgery after a horse bit off one of his testicles, news reports said Thursday.