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Indonesia looks inward for economic help

The Indonesian President says his country will turn to its large domestic market to maintain economic growth in the face of an expected slowdown. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has told the APEC summit in Peru, Jakarta will boost growth with infrastructure projects like power plants, and fight poverty with greater spending on education and health care. He says with global markets weakening and prices soft for Indonesia's exported commodities "sources of growth will come more from our large dome...