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El Nino drought poses poverty challenge for Indonesia's Widodo

By Nicholas Owen

KARANG JATI, Indonesia, Oct 29 (Reuters) - On a dry and dusty sports field in central Java, Indonesian men dressed as traditional warriors take turns to battle with wooden staves, while village women crowd around, chanting: "All farmers let us pray that rain comes and washes our sorrow away."

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