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Haze from forest fires blankets villages along Kahayan river in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Haze blown by monsoon winds from fires in Indonesia has begun affecting some areas of the Philippines and raised concerns about aviation safety and possible health risks, an official said Friday. (AP Photo/Fauzy Chaniago)

Haze from Indonesian fires now affecting Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A vendor shows a cutout of Indonesian President Joko Widodo at his stall that sells portraits of Indonesian leaders, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Widodo has asked lawmakers to delay a vote on a proposed new criminal code amid critics saying that the bill contains articles that may discriminate against minorities and violate freedom of speech. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia’s president delays vote on new criminal code

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

FIEL - In this Aug. 20, 2017, file photo, Indonesian Youth And Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi attends a press conference with Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in which Jamaluddin apologized to Indonesia for the mistake, which makes the red-and-white Indonesian flag resemble Poland's on a guidebook, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nahrawi has resigned after being accused of stealing $1.8 million in public money. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan, File)

Indonesia sports minister resigns over corruption allegation

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A military plane is parked before a cloud seeding mission at Subang military airbase as sky is shrouded with haze in Subang, Malaysia, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Indonesian forest fires spread health-damaging haze across the country and into neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. Malaysian authorities used cloud seeding Monday in an attempt to clear the thick haze engulfing the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Indonesian police arrest hundreds linked to forest fires

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A worker stands inside a container full of plastic waste at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Indonesia is sending hundreds of containers of waste back to Western nations after finding they were contaminated with used plastic and hazardous materials. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia sending back 547 containers of waste from West

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Kuala Lumpur city is shrouded with haze in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. More then 100 schools was closed Tuesday after the air quality in the area continued to trend at very unhealthy levels. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Indonesia sends more people, aircraft to battle forest fires

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Kuala Lumpur city is shrouded with haze in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019. Malaysia's government has banned open burning and conducted cloud-seeding in Sarawak on Thursday to induce rain to clear the choking haze. (AP Photo)

Indonesian police arrest 185 over forest fires

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Firefighters try to extinguish brush fires in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. Nearly every year, Indonesian forest fires spread health-damaging haze across the country and into neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. The fires are often started by smallholders and plantation owners to clear land for planting.(AP Photo)

Indonesia seals off 30 companies over forest fires

By NINIEK KARMINI and EILEEN NG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2003, file photo, former Indonesian President B. J. Habibie waves to journalists as he arrives to testify in the trial of former military chief at a court in Jakarta. Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following the ouster of the dictator Suharto, has died at age 83. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Indonesians bury former president Habibie at state funeral

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Firefighters spray water to extinguish brush fires in Kampar, Riau province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Authorities shut most schools in parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island to protect children from a thick, noxious haze as deliberately set fires burned through peatland forests, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Indonesian province shuts schools due to forest fire haze

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesian human rights lawyer accused of inciting protests

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A Papuan student with her face painted with the colors of the separatist 'Morning Star' flag shout slogans during a rally near the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. A group of West Papuan students in Indonesia's capital staged the protest against racism and called for independence for their region. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Protesters burn local government building in Papua protest

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Indonesia President Joko Widodo, center, speaks as his deputy Jusuf Kalla, right, and Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning Sofyan Djalil, left, looks on during a press conference at the palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. Indonesia's president has announced to relocate the country's capital from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta to East Kalimantan province. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia to move capital from sinking Jakarta to Borneo

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A fishing boat carrying survivors of a ferry that caught fire off Java island prepares to dock at a port in Sumenep, Indonesia, late Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. Rescuers were searching for people believed missing after the ferry caught fire on its way from Surabaya in East Java to East Kalimantan province's Balikpapan city. The cause of the fire was not immediately clear. (AP Photo)

Indonesian rescuers search for 34 missing after ferry fire

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Indonesian soldiers stand guard during a protest in Timika, Papua province, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Indonesia has deployed over 1,000 security personnel to the restive province of West Papua amid spreading violent protests sparked by accusations that security forces had arrested and insulted Papuan students in East Java . (AP Photo/Jimmy Rahadat)

Papuan students hold independence rally in Indonesia capital

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Indonesian soldiers stand guard during a protest in Timika, Papua province, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Indonesia has deployed over 1,000 security personnel to the restive province of West Papua amid spreading violent protests sparked by accusations that security forces had arrested and insulted Papuan students in East Java . (AP Photo/Jimmy Rahadat)

Indonesia beefs up security amid violent West Papua protests

By LAODE MURSIDIN and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Fires burn during a violent protest in Manokwari, Papua province, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. The protest was sparked by accusations that Indonesian police who backed by the military, have arrested and insulted dozens of Papuan students in their dormitory in East Java's cities of Surabaya and Malang a day earlier. (AP Photo/Safwan Ashari Raharusun)

Protesters burn parliament building in Indonesia’s Papua

By LAODE MURSIDIN - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, photo, tourists visit Borobudur Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The Indonesian city of Yogyakarta and its hinterland are packed with tourist attractions, including Buddhist and Hindu temples of World Heritage caliber that rise like dark giants from the countryside. Yet many tourists still bypass congested Yogyakarta and head to the relaxing beaches of Bali, the archipelago's most popular destination. (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

Not just Bali: Indonesia hopes to develop more tourism sites

By KARIN LAUB and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A vendor is illuminated by candle light as she serves customers at her stall during a power outage in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. Indonesia's sprawling capital and other parts of Java island have been hit by a massive power outage affecting millions of people. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesian capital hit by massive 8-hour power outage

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People leave a shopping mall following an earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Java island on Friday, swaying buildings as far away as the capital and prompting national authorities to urge those in coastal areas to head to higher ground in case of a tsunami. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

4 dead after quake hits off Indonesia’s Java island

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