Word: susilo
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...from Jakarta to Singapore. Apparently Munir moved from economy to business class, but the circumstances are unclear. The Indonesian government was slow to investigate, but following a vigorous campaign by Suciwati, the police announced that they have assembled a list of people to question, including Garuda flight attendants. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met Munir's widow last week and, according to Suciwati, promised to name an investigative team. Garuda Indonesia commercial director Bachrul Hakim told Tempo: "We will be completely open to any investigation...
...mediocre monsoon season and high oil prices. Last year, the economy grew 8.2%. Southeast Asia, too, will see a decline, from 5.8% growth this year to 4.4% in 2005, according to Merrill Lynch. In Indonesia, the region's most populous country, hopes are running high that new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will push through tough reforms and woo back the investment needed to spur the sagging economy. But the biggest worry is the Philippines, where ballooning debt and endemic budget deficits are sparking fears that the country could slip into a debt crisis...
...current infatuation with Osama bin Laden. This requires a sustained and long-term engagement with the Islamic world. Indonesia provides an immediate opportunity. The peaceful and successful elections there could send powerful waves of hope into the Islamic world if they are followed by successful development. As President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said, "If everything is going well, then Indonesia can be a good example, a good model of Islam that is compatible with democracy." The U.S. has as much to gain from Indonesia's success as Asia does...
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...