Asian terror mastermind Noordin dead

Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was among four people who died in a raid on a militant hideout in Indonesia's Central Java province Thursday, the country's police chief said.

Asked by reporters after meeting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono if Noordin died in the raid, national police chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri said: "yes, yes ... the details are with national police headquarters".