Turning to Petro-Dollar Countries

Its as if obtaining a drop of the money rain is the mission of President Yudhoyonos official trip to five Arabian countries. Was this mission successful? Tempo went along for the ride.

May 7, 2006

WHILE waiting for the arrival of Professor Yusuf Qardhawi, a moderate Islam thinker, on the third floor of the Sheraton Hotel in Doha, Qatar, on Monday last week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had the idea of learning the Arabic language. Basically, in three months time I must be able to speak Arabic. Pak Alwi will have to help me, he said laughingly, while looking in the direction of Alwi Shihab, the Presidents Special Envoy to the Middle E

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