An Australian man is missing and feared killed in the bombings of two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. Craig Senger, a senior official with the Australian Government trade agency Austrade, had been attending a conference at the JW Marriott hotel when it was rocked by a high-powered explosion Friday morning."We fear the worst," Senger's uncle Geoff Lazurus told Melbourne's The Age newspaper.The blasts at the Marriott and nearby Ritz-Carlton hotel killed at least nine people and injured more than 40 others, including two Australians.A New Zealand businessman, Tim Mackay, is among the confirmed dead.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd condemned the bombings, calling them cowardly and murderous attacks.He said they are a reminder that the terrorist threat remains alive across the world."This is an assault on all of us, and we're dealing with some very ugly people here," Mr Rudd said
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