Following are the leading business stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on Aug. 9. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Telephone: Editorial: +62-21-384-6364. Fax: +62-21-344-8404 or Help Desk: +803-061-2124 (toll free).

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JAKARTA POST

- FAUZI BOWO SET FOR VICTORY

Jakarta's deputy governor, Fauzi Bowo and his running mate, looked set to win Jakarta's first-ever direct election after being welll ahead in the preliminary vote count Wednesday.

- GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVISE LAW ON CRIMES AGAINST STATE

Politicians, political analysts and activists have urged the government to revise a 1999 law on crimes against the state which they said had lost all relevancy in the reform era.

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MEDIA INDONESIA

- FOREST FIRES IN WEST KALIMANTAN

Some 244 forest fire hot spots were recorded in West Kalimantan causing thick smoke in the provincial capital Pontianak and threatening air traffic.

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