Indonesia halts military drills with Australia in spy row

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Indonesia's military chief has halted joint training exercises with Australian forces after Jakarta suspended cooperation with Canberra in several areas owing to an intensifying row over spying. The move came as anger mounted in Indonesia at claims Australian spies targeted the phone of the president and his inner circle, with protesters in the central city of Yogyakarta burning an Australian flag in protest. Fight Australia," chanted dozens of students as they demonstrated at a university campus on Wednesday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced Wednesday that cooperation with Australia was being halted in a number of areas, including on people-smuggling, military exercises and intelligence sharing.

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