The Last Cup of Coffee at Kebagusan

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is leading in the second round of the presidential election. At Kebagusan, Taufiek Kiemas drains his latest cup of coffee.

September 21, 2004

KEBAGUSAN, South Jakarta, September 20, 2004, 2:30pm Western Indonesia Time. Taufiq Kiemas’ two Nokia Communicator handphones hardly stop ringing. While he is still online on one phone, the other begins ringing. “How are things developing? Have we lost? Not yet, right? Please keep track. Sorry, if this older brother of yours is being too fussy,” says the husband of presidential candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri to the handphone s

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