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BOGOR, Indonesia( Reuters)-Indonesian firefighters were battling to put out a massive fire that broke out on Saturday at a military ammunition depot just outside the capital, causing a series of explosions and sending flames and smoke into the night sky.... People ran out into the streets thinking it was an earthquake, he said.... Kristomei said authorities were evacuating people from nearby neighbourhoods....

" Malaysian farmers are wearing full smiles, Indonesian farmers suffer," one of the signs held up by protesters read.... This indicates that storage tanks are filling up at mills, said Albertus Wawan, a farmer from West Kalimantan province, by telephone. The protesters also planned to march to the presidential palace, APKASINDO said.... " With such poor prices, farmers are hesitating to even harvest," he said, adding that mills were also not taking in more fruit because storage at ports was fu