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- President Prabowo Subianto faces protests demanding action on rainforest fires.
- Thousands of students and civil-society members have marched in more than six cities since Monday.
- On Oct 23 in Palangkaraya, hundreds of masked students demanded a national emergency.
- Deforestation monitor Nusantara Atlas reports wildfires have burned over 1.9 million ha in nine months.
- The haze has sickened hundreds of thousands and spread to Malaysia, Singapore and East Timor.