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This combination photo taken on Saturday, April 13, 2019, left, and Sunday, April 7, 2019, right, show Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, and his challenger in the upcoming election Prabowo Subianto during their campaign rallies in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia's presidential election Wednesday, April 17, 2019 is a re-run of the 2014 contest when Widodo, a furniture business owner who became Jakarta governor, vied with the former special forces general to lead the world's third-largest democracy and most populous Muslim-majority nation. (AP Photo)

Indonesia candidates: Metal fan, cleric, soldier, tycoon

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Indonesian electoral workers prepares ballot papers to be distributed to polling stations in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, April 11, 2019. The world's third-largest democracy is gearing up to hold its legislative and presidential elections on April 17. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Indonesia to probe warehouse of ballots in Malaysia

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Indonesia president has big poll lead as election nears

By STEPHEN WRIGHT - Associated Press

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo delivers his speech during a televised debate in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Indonesia is gearing up to hold its presidential election on April 17 that will pit in the incumbent against the former general. (AP Photo / Achmad Ibrahim)

Unicorns are real: Tech baffles Indonesian candidate

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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, radical Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir waves at his supporters after his appeal hearing at the local district court in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, he would be disappointed if Bashir were released from prison early and urged Indonesia to show respect for the victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that the firebrand preacher inspired. Indonesia's top security minister, Wiranto, said on Monday that Indonesian President Joko Widodo had asked him to coordinate a review of all aspects of the planned release of the 80-year-old cleric following domestic and international criticism. (AP Photo/Agus Fitrah, File)

Indonesia reverses course on plan to free radical cleric

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, delivers a speech with running mate Ma'ruf Amin, right, during a televised debate in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Indonesia is gearing up to hold its presidential election on April 17 that will pit in the incumbent against the former general.(AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesian presidential candidates spar over corruption

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, April 14, 2018, file photo, Nobel peace prize laureate, and former East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta talks to journalists in Dili, East Timor. Horta has urged the Indonesian government to hold talks with the Papuan independence movement to help end a decades-long insurgency in the country's easternmost region. (AP Photo/Kandhi Barnez, File)

Nobel laureate Ramos-Horta urges Indonesia-Papua dialogue

By OKI RAIMUNDOS - Associated Press

President Barack Obama shake hands with Indonesian President Joko Widodo during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. This is Widodo's first visit to the U,S. since becoming President of Indonesia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Joko Widodo: Indonesia plans to join Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi", left, and his wife Iriana, show their inked fingers after casting their ballots during the presidential election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. As the world's third-largest democracy began voting Wednesday to elect a new president, Indonesians are divided between two very different choices: a one-time furniture maker, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, and a wealthy ex-army general with close links to former dictator Suharto, Prabowo Subianto. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Both rivals claim victory in Indonesia elections

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press