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JAKARTA: Heavily armed Indonesian troops were on high alert on Tuesday amid fears of civil unrest in the capital Jakarta, as the surprise early announcement of official election results handed Joko Widodo another term as leader of the world’s third-biggest democracy. The election commission had been due to give the divisive poll’s final tally on Wednesday, but results were announced …

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