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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.