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Indonesia declares state of emergency after quake

JAKARTA, May 28 (Reuters) The Indonesian government declared a state of emergency after an earthquake killed more than 4,600 people on Java island and pledged to complete ''reconstruction and rehabilitation'' within a year.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said after a cabinet meeting that the three-month emergency period was aimed at providing food, healthcare and shelter to an estimated 50,000 people displaced by the disaster.

REUTERS CH PM2314

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