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Bumi row threatens Indonesian tycoon’s presidency bid

Once Indonesia’s richest man, Aburizal Bakrie is keen to show his common touch as he eyes presidential polls in 2014, but an explosive row with the powerful Rothschild family could yet derail his bid. On a recent tour of one Jakarta district, he arrived in a $220,000 Lexus but quickly swapped to a