Hard task of fighting terror

Between plodding detective work and shrill political rhetoric aimed at securing re-election, much work in real counter-terrorism remains to be done. A recent seminar in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, was an initial step on the long and winding road to ending different forms of political violence. 

INTELLIGENCE sources had just privately revealed that fugitive terror suspect Noordin Top had slipped into Yogyakarta last week, but that was not the reason for holding a regional seminar on political violence there.