Jakarta  - A tsunami early warning system developed and funded with German assistance is to begin operations Tuesday in Indonesia, nearly four years after the Asian tsunami of December 2004, which claimed 230,000 lives.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who attended the launch ceremony in Jakarta, called the system a "milestone for international disaster preparedness."

The German government financed the 45-million-euro (58-million- dollar) project.

Jakarta, Nov. 10 : The Muslim Defender Team, the lawyers who acted on behalf the three Bali bombers who were executed on Sunday, have said that they plan to file a lawsuit against the Indonesian Government on the matter.

Alleging a violation of human rights, Agus Setiawan, one of the lawyers, was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying: “The executions were done not in accordance with existing procedures. We are preparing to take legal steps.”

Jakarta - Nearly four years since the devastating Asian Tsunami of December 2004, which claimed 230,000 lives, an early warning system developed and funded with German assistance will begin operations.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will attend Tuesday's ceremony in Jakarta along with representatives of the German government, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The German government financed the 45-million-euro (58-million- dollar) project the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System, or GITEWS.

Melbourne, Nov 10 : One of the Bali bombers, who was also known as the smiling assassin, Amrozi, was not so brave when faced with his own death, looking “pale” and afraid.

His older brother Mukhlas was more defiant and praised God to the end. One source said that of the three, Amrozi was the least brave and that as his end neared he looked pale and afraid.

Jakarta  - At least eight people including a two-year-old child were killed and three others remained missing after a passenger boat capsized in eastern Indonesia, media reports said Monday.

The accident occurred on Sunday evening near Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara, and was caused by strong wind, the state-run Antara news agency reported.

Jakarta, Nov. 9 : A firing squad has executed the three Islamists who were involved in the bombings in the Indonesian resort town of Bali that killed 202 people.

The Bali bombers -- Amrozi, 47, his brother Mukhlas, 48, and ringleader Imam Samudra, 38, were executed in an orange grove near their prison on the Nusakambangan island off southern Java at midnight on Saturday.

They all shouted “Allahu Akbar” as they were escorted out of their isolation cells by paramilitary police.

The attorney general’s office in Jakarta is expected to confirm the execution today.