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JAKARTA, Tuesday (Reuters) Indonesia kicked off campaigning for the country's first direct presidential election on Tuesday, with incumbent leader Megawati Sukarnoputri lagging badly behind the favourite, her former chief security minister.

Opinion polls show former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the clear frontrunner to take over the world's most populous Muslim nation on a platform of firm leadership, cleaner government and faster economic growth.

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