PRESIDENT OF INDONESIA RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, meditates before receiving a honorary docotorate of Laws degree at Webster University in Webster Groves, MO on September 12, 2005. Yudhoyono is a graduate of the University's Kansas City campus. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

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