Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudh

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono salutes during the Independence Day celebration at the presidential palace in Jakarta, 17 August 2006. Outside a house in central Jakarta on the morning of August 17, 1945, a small group of nationalists gathered for a simple ceremony to declare independence for the remains of the former Dutch East Indies empire and Indonesia was born. After three centuries of Dutch colonial rule and three years of Japanese occupation, the world's largest archipelago had been declared one nation, although it was another four years before the Dutch abandoned their attempts to retake their former possession and recognised Indonesia. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)