Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on July 18.

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JAKARTA POST

- TAX PAYER MONEY TO GO TO MUDFLOW VICTIMS

The government will issue a revised presidential regulation to compensate more villages devastated by a mud volcano in East Java's Sidoarjo, with more money from the state budget rather the than mining company linked by some to the disaster PT Lapindo Brantas, state secretary Hatta Radjasa said.

- COURT REJECTS POLLYCARPUS CASE REVIEW ANNULMENT

Judges and witnesses rejected a Constitutional Court review for Pollycarpus Priyanto, a pilot at Garuda Indonesia Airlines convicted over the murder of Indonesian human rights activist Munir Thalib.

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BISNIS INDONESIA

- PERTAMINA SAYS BOOSTS FUEL STOCKS TO 22 DAYS

Indonesia's state oil and gas company, PT Pertamina, has increased its national fuel stock to 22.3 days consumption from 19 days previously, its president director Ari Soemarno said.

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