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The Biggest Sleeper; Indonesia, Asia's overlooked giant, is stable at long last. But now the hard work begins.

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Byline: George Wehrfritz and Joe Cochrane

Sometimes even the starting line is hard to reach in Indonesia. Just ask President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. A few weeks ago fans converging on a speedway outside Jakarta for the city's inaugural A1 Grand Prix turned nearby roads into parking lots, trapping the presidential motorcade. So the guest of honor exited his limousine and leapt onto the back of one of his escort motorcycles, weaving through traffic for two kilometers to reach the track and deliver a short opening speech. "I arrived two minutes before the race," he said with a chuckle. "I was really on time."

The same might be said for Yudhoyono's ...

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