Bombers are sought after blast hurts 11

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian police pledged Sunday to find those responsible for a bomb blast that injured 11 at Jakarta's main airport, suggesting that separatists or a regional terror group could be behind the attack.

The early morning blast near a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant sent smoke billowing through the busy domestic terminal and hundreds of people fleeing.

ARGENTINA: Former President Carlos Menem and rival Peronist Nestor Kirchner ran neck and neck ahead of a crowded field in Argentina's presidential vote Sunday, first official results and exit polls showed. Exit polls suggested Menem and Kirchner would head to a second round May 18.

PARAGUAY: Colorado Party veteran Nicanor Duarte easily defeated two challengers in Paraguay's presidential election Sunday. The party, which has ruled since 1947, is the longest-governing party still in power in the Americas.

YEMEN: Gunfights marred parliamentary elections in Yemen on Sunday, wounding at least 15 people. Abdu al-Janadi, head of the Supreme Commission for Elections, said the results were expected within 72 hours.

PEACEKEEPER DIES IN KOSOVO: A U.S. peacekeeper serving in Kosovo was found dead early Sunday. Capt. Sandford Scott Sullivan, 35, from Nashville, apparently shot himself, said Capt. Mike Bush, a spokesman for the U.S.-controlled sector of Kosovo.

SOYUZ NEARS SPACE STATION: The Russian spacecraft carrying American Edward Lu and Russian Yuri Malenchenko climbed higher Sunday as it circled Earth, racing toward the international space station. The Soyuz TMA-2 capsule is scheduled to reach the $60-billion orbiting station early today.

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