The half-blind cleric--who leadsthe Nadhlatul Ulama, a moderate Muslim organization with 30 million members--has actually won greater support from a loose coalition of eight Islamic parties known as the Central Axis than from his own PKB, which still claims to back Megawati.
The White House, apparently forgetful that we live in the Internet age, where everything is swiftly documented and disseminated or else thinking it leads a nation of theblind insists the president did not bow.