Posted AT 4:34 AM EDT on 26/04/05
Bush and Saudi ruler walk hand-in-hand
Washington — It's not often that U.S. President George W. Bush is seen walking hand-in-hand with anyone but his wife Laura. But yesterday, he readily took Crown Prince Abdullah by the hand as the Saudi leader arrived at the President's Texas ranch.
The hand clasp with the oil kingdom's 81-year-old de facto ruler had two objectives: a break from recent record-high world oil prices, and a message of U.S.
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