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Running Indonesia?a fractious nation of 240 million people from more than 350 ethnic groups spread over some 17,500 islands?is a tough job at the best of times. But the country's new President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is taking over at a particularly difficult juncture. Terrorism is a constant threat. Among Asia's major developing economies, Indonesia's is growing the slowest. Recent years have witnessed a net outflow of foreign capital, frightened off not just by bomb blasts but corruption, red tape and a capricious legal system. The authorities have yet to resolve the stubborn separatist insurgency...
...This is my first day in this office," says Indonesia's newly installed president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as he surveys a desk top unsullied by a single sheet of paper. The 55-year-old will likely soon find himself thinking wistfully back to a time when his desk was bare. There can't be many other jobs in the world that present a new leader with such a complex array of challenges as trying to govern the 17,500 islands strung along the equator that make up the world's fourth most populous country. Still, in his first interview since...
Departing Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, famous for her reticence, stayed true to form in her last days in office. Despite official confirmation that rival Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had beaten her by a whopping 20 percentage points in September's runoff vote, the 57-year-old has remained largely silent on the subject. "Whoever has been chosen, we must graciously accept it," she said in an Armed Forces Day address on Oct. 5. But that was as close as she came to acknowledging defeat?and the President seemed to be having trouble following her own advice. Although Yudhoyono was seated nearby...
...attack have been allowed to write books, been given space in the press to air their views and even been taken out for coffee by the police as part of an investigation. "We are not looking for revenge, but we do not feel that justice has been served," says Bambang Priyanto, the local traffic official who helped lead a critical rescue effort after the bombings. "The perpetrators who were sentenced to death should be put to death...
...ASIA INDONESIA: For President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the biggest test will be the economy...