Tears, flowers mark 2002 Bali bombing anniversary

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KUTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Teary-eyed relatives and friends of victims of the 2002 Bali bombings held a moment's silence on Friday to honour the 202 people killed in the blasts five years ago.

Scores of people, from countries such as Australia which lost 88 people, Japan and New Zealand placed flowers at Kuta's "ground zero" of the explosions that ripped apart a nightclub strip on the resort island, sparking a deadly inferno.

"This atrocity is now forever a tragic chapter in our nation's story," Australian Prime Minister John Howard said in a statement.

"Yet Australians demonstrated great courage, compassion and charity in the face of horror and adversity immediately after the bombings."

The attack, blamed on the militant Jemaah Islamiyah network linked...