However, there is very strong optimism with the conclusion of peaceful elections during the year 2004 and the election of the reformist president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

In 2004, the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had spoken out against exposed navels, urging women in the world's largest Muslim-populated country to cover up.

She ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential election but was defeated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

It has been a part of the ruling coalition of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ruling coalition since 2004.

The first round of elections was won by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Jusuf Kalla who faced Megawati and Hasyim the September 2004 run-off.

In August 2004, PPP announced that together with PDI-P, Golkar, Reform Star Party ( PBR ) and Prosperous Peace Party ( PDS ) they are forming a National Coalition to back Megawati to win the Presidential run-off against Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

However, by the time of the April 2004 legislative election, retired General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had taken the lead from Megawati after resigning from her cabinet in March.

The rapid rise in Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ( center ) popularity helped the Democratic Party garner 7. 45 percent of votes during the April 2004 legislative election.

Susilo played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating number 1 seed Lin Dan of China and Björn Joppien of Germany in the first two rounds.

An attempt in 2008 by Gus Dur to involve President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in resolving the dispute failed, and the PKB vote in the 2009 elections was half that of the previous vote in 2004.

In 2004, General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was elected president.

Though only occasionally chosen by the Indonesian Badminton Association to play international events in men's doubles, Kusharjanto has won some, most notably the Badminton Asia Championships with Bambang Suprianto in 2001 and with Sigit Budiarto in 2004.

* Bambang Setiawan & Bestian Nainggolan ( Eds ) ( 2004 ) Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 ( Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009 Kompas ISBN 979-709-121-X

Relations between Indonesia and the U. S. are positive and have advanced since the election of President Yudhoyono in October 2004.

At the Presidential Run-Off in September 2004, Yudhoyono emerged victorious over Megawati to become Indonesia's 6th President.

With a National Congress to be held in December 2004, Yudhoyono and Kalla had originally backed Head of DPR Agung Laksono to become Golkar Chairman.

One of these supporters, Vence Rumangkang approached Yudhoyono with the idea of forming a political party to help shore up support for the 2004 Presidential Elections.

Yudhoyono and Kalla won the first round of elections in July 2004 with 33. 6 % of the votes and would go on to win 60. 1 % in the run-offs and thereby securing Yudhoyono's election as President.

* 2004: BAFTA Children's Award-Best Feature Film ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, won )

For the 2004 semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, staged in Istanbul thirty years after ABBA had won the contest in Brighton, Benny appeared briefly in a special comedy video made for the interval act, entitled " Our Last Video ".

In September 2004, West Indies won the ICC Champions Trophy in England under his captaincy.

Following the regular season, in which the 12-4 Panthers won their third NFC South division title, they hosted the Cardinals at Bank of America Stadium in the Panthers first home playoff game since January 2004.

This has added excitement to several pennant races over the years, most recently in, and ; the first two times the division title was won by the Cubs, the third by the Cardinals, who went on to win the National League pennant as the Cubs faltered in the second half of the 2004 season.

" Columbus won the national contest " America in Bloom " in 2006, and in 2004 it was named one of " The Ten Most Playful Towns " by Nick Jr. Family Magazine.

* Earnhardt Jr. later went on to win the 2004 Daytona 500, three years after his father's death and six years to the day after his father won the 1998 Daytona 500.

* Every three years since Earnhardt's death, someone associated with Earnhardt has won the Daytona 500 ( his son Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in 2004, Earnhardt's replacement Cup driver Kevin Harvick in 2007, and Earnhardt Ganassi's Jamie McMurray in 2010.

The figure skating team won the national championship five straight times from 2004 through 2008.

Adam Nelson has won silver medals in the shotput in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics to go along with his gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.

The June List, a eurosceptic list consisting of members from both the political right and left won three seats in the 2004 Elections to the European Parliament and sat in the EU-critical IND / DEM group in the European Parliament.

The 2000s also saw an increase in the number of individual competitive awards won by French artists at the Cannes Festival, for direction ( Tony Gatlif, Exils, 2004 ), screenplay ( Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, Look at Me, 2004 ), female acting ( Isabelle Hupert, The Piano Teacher, 2001 ; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist, 2009 ) and male acting ( Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila and Bernard Blancan, Days of Glory, 2006 ).

The event attracts amateur swimmers from all over the Canaries and Spain, and also swimming professionals such as David Meca and Maarten Van der Weijden, the paralympist Jesús Collado Alarcón who won gold medals for 100m backstroke and butterfly in Athens 2004, and Xavi Torres Ramis, the paralympic champion in Barcelona ' 92, Sydney and Atlanta.

On January 4, 2004 Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of the United National Movement won the country's presidential election and was inaugurated on January 25.

Coleman is parodied in the hit Broadway musical Avenue Q, which won the 2004 Tony Award for best musical.

The 2000 and 2004 mayoral elections were both won by Ken Livingstone, who had been the final leader of the GLC.

* The USI Screaming Eagles, led by former Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, won the 1995 Division II National Championship and were runners-up in 1994 and 2004.

In the 2004 elections, the INC won the largest number of Lok Sabha seats and formed a government with a coalition called the United Progressive Alliance ( UPA ), supported by various parties.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

JMU football also won the NCAA Division I-AA national title in 2004, with a 13-2 record, and are the only team in history to win the title after playing four straight road playoff games.

Spader won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy Award for his portrayal of Alan Shore in 2004, on The Practice and won it again in 2005 and 2007, for Boston Legal.

The club won both the MLS Cup and the MLS Supporters ' Shield in 2000, and the Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup in 2004 and 2012.

Map showing the parties / organisations with the largest vote share per province in Indonesia's elections from 1971 to 2004.

Map of the largest vote share per province in Indonesia's elections from 1971 – 2004 showing the dominance of Golkar ( in yellow )

( 2004 ) A Short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm, Crows Nest, NSW: Allan & Unwin.

Munir Said Thalib ( December 8, 1965 Malang, East Java – September 7, 2004 ), affectionately known simply as " Munir ", was one of Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activist.

The number of private broadcasters are indeed increasing in some countries ( 2004 ) for example: Indonesia's 10 private national stations compared to only 1 in 1989.

She was part of Indonesia's Fed Cup team in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Nabiel Makarim ( born November 9, 1945 in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia ) was Indonesia's State Minister of the Environment from 2001 to 2004.

The two most successful Muslim parties in Indonesia's 2004 general elections, the moderate National Awakening and United Development Parties, received 10. 6 % and 8. 1 % of the vote, respectively.