| Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighbouring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakarta's sovereignty over its own waters. The spat over the planned zone came in the wake of warnings by Australia of a possible terror attack on an international hotel in Indonesia, with Hilton hotels specifically referred to. The warnings prompted criticism from Indonesian security services, which have said they had no such intelligence in the lead-up to the Christmas and New Year period. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said travel warnings were a victory for terrorists because they made people afraid to travel. Indonesia also slammed the plan by Australia to create a 1,000 nautical mile (1,850 km) maritime surveillance zone that reaches the waters of the world's most populous Muslim nation. |