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Police officers stand guard at the gate of the local police headquarters following a suicide bombing attack at the compound in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Police say a suicide bomber has blown himself up at a busy police station in Indonesia's third-largest city, injuring a number of people. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

Suicide bomber attacks Indonesian police station, wounding 6

By BINSAR BAKKARA - Associated Press

Newly appointed Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto who is the former rival of Indonesian President Joko Widodo in last April's election, waves as he is introduced during the announcement of the new cabinet at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesia president names election rival as defense minister

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, is congratulated by the Chairman of Gerindra Party who is also his former rival in April's election Prabowo Subianto during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernise the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, was sworn in Sunday for his second and final five-year term with a pledge to take bolder actions. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, Pool)

Indonesia’s losing presidential candidate to join Cabinet

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, second left, directs Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, second right, as Widodo's wife Iriana, left, and Bolkiah's son Abdul Mateen look on during their meeting ahead of Widodo's inauguration, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Widodo begins 2nd term pledging to make Indonesia developed

By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Australia's Trade Minister Simon Birmingham addresses media outside the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Birmingham says he wants bilateral free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru to take effect early next year. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australia wants trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Peru

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Indonesia province shuts schools as haze from fires returns

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Indonesia arrests 22 militants following attack on minister

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesia nabs 2 accused of planning to attack Bali police

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Indonesian medics wheel Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Wiranto on a stretcher to an ambulance to be evacuated to Jakarta, at a hospital in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Police say a knife-wielding man has wounded the top security minister, a local police chief and another person in a western province. (AP Photo)

Knife-wielding man wounds Indonesia’s security minister

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sept. 24, 2019, Yonas Yeshanew, who resigned as Ethiopian Airline's chief engineer this summer and is seeking asylum in the U.S., poses with his company's identification card in the Seattle area. Yeshanew says in a whistleblower complaint filed with regulators that the carrier went into the maintenance records on a Boeing 737 Max jet a day after it crashed this year, a breach he contends was part of a pattern of corruption that included fabricating documents, signing off on shoddy repairs and even beating those who got out of line. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Airline went into records after Max crash, engineer says

By BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

A thick layer of smog covers Lumpini Park in central Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Many provinces of Thailand, including Bangkok, are shrouded with toxic smog Monday, causing concerns among people of much worst situation in the upcoming dry season when agriculture burning season really begins. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai prime minister advises masks against Bangkok smog

By JERRY HARMER and BUSABA SIVASOMBOON - Associated Press

A woman inspects the damage following an earthquake in Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. The strong earthquake Thursday killed a number of people and damaged a bridge, hospital and other buildings on one of Indonesia's less populated islands. (AP Photo)

Death toll from Indonesian earthquake climbs to 23

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Riot police officers guard behind razor wire during a rally outside the parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. Protests continue in several cities in the country as students rallied against a new law that critics say cripples the country's anti-corruption agency. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Ex-Indonesia Cabinet minister arrested for alleged graft

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Plain-clothed police officers arrest a student protester during a rally in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Protests continue in several cities in the country as students rallied against a new law that critics say cripples the country's anti-corruption agency. (AP Photo/Bahauddin Raja Baso)

Police: 2 die in violent Indonesian student protests

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Motorists are seen stuck in traffic as they rush to higher ground following an earthquake in Ambon, Maluku province, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. A strong inland earthquake has struck eastern Indonesia Thursday, causing people to flee to higher ground in panic. There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties. (AP Photo)

Earthquake shakes eastern Indonesia, kills at least 20

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People gather as shops burn in the background during a protest in Wamena in Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Sept 23, 2019. Hundreds of protesters in Indonesia's restive Papua province set fire to homes and other buildings Monday in a protest sparked by rumors that a teacher had insulted students, and a soldier was killed in another protest in the region, police said. (AP Photo)

Death toll rises to 32 in protests in Indonesia’s Papua

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Student protesters run from tear gas fired by police officers during a protest in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Thousands of students have staged rallies across Indonesia against new law that considered has crippled means in fighting the country's endemic corruption. (AP Photo/Masyudi Syachban Firmansyah)

Indonesian students rally against changes to corruption law

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

People gather as shops burn in the background during a protest in Wamena in Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Sept 23, 2019. Hundreds of protesters in Indonesia's restive Papua province set fire to homes and other buildings Monday in a protest sparked by rumors that a teacher had insulted students, and a soldier was killed in another protest in the region, police said. (AP Photo)

The Latest: 20 killed in protests in Indonesia’s Papua

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Indonesian police arrest 9 accused of planning attack

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People gather as shops burn in the background during a protest in Wamena in Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Sept 23, 2019. Hundreds of protesters in Indonesia's restive Papua province set fire to homes and other buildings Monday in a protest sparked by rumors that a teacher had insulted students, and a soldier was killed in another protest in the region, police said. (AP Photo)

20 killed, 70 hurt in protests in Indonesia’s Papua province

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press