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Mon, 03 Jan 2005 | Source: ANTARA

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THE EXPECTED, AND THE UNEXPECTED: While the Indonesian people wait for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla (left) to fulfill their election campaign commitments and meet their 100-day targets, a part of the nation is devastated by a cataclysm, with tidal waves sweeping over coastal areas of the northern part of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, killing over 36,000 people in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra provinces.

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ANTIGRAFT 1, HUMAN RIGHTS 0: A joint campaign against corrupt practices in the bureaucracy by Solok regent Gamawan Fauzi and activist Saldi Isra (right) in the province of West Sumatra not only bore fruit in the local arena, but snowballed to other regions around the nation, with numerous officials and councillors being investigated or tried for alleged corruption. However, the nation still awaits an independent investigation into the murder of rights activist Munir (below), who died on a flight to the Netherlands on Sept. 7, 2004.

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HOPE FLICKERS: Despite all the tragedies, calamities and numerous problems afflicting the Indonesian state, the year 2004 still gave hope, with men's shuttler Taufik Hidayat crowned champion at the Athens Olympics. And the new Constitutional Court has shown some promise (below) by settling disputes in this year's elections and by reviewing controversial legislation.

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