(15 Jan 2008) SHOTLIST
al-Murabba Palace and National Museum
4. Wide of welcome ceremony before Bush arrives
5. Bush dancing with Saudi Prince Salman, brother of King Abdullah, while watching a traditional sword dance
6. Bush and Prince Salman walking inside the palace and stopping to look at a picture
7. Wide of people inside the palace
8. Bush laughing as he has a drink
9. Bush being given a tour of the Palace by Prince Salman
10. Courtyard
11. Bush walking into courtyard and eating some food
12. Bush and Saudi Prince Salman standing in the National Museum
al-Murabba Palace and National Museum
13. Zoom into Bush as he walks into a room where a handwritten Quran is on display
14. Various close ups of the book opened on a page filled with gold and turquoise decorative script
15. Wide of Bush looking at the Quran
16. Various of Bush looking at a display through glass flooring in the museum
STORYLINE:
Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali Naimi said on Tuesday that the kingdom would raise oil production only when the market justifies it, responding to U.S. President George W. Bush's urging that OPEC nations put more oil on the world market to reduce prices.
Earlier on Tuesday in Riyadh, Bush warned that soaring oil prices could cause an economic slowdown in the United States.
Bush said he is speaking with Saudi King Abdullah, whose nation holds the world's largest oil reserves, about the situation that has seen the per-barrel price briefly top 100 US dollars this month and U.S. pump prices jump past 3 US dollars a gallon.
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries next meets February 1st in Vienna, Austria, to consider increasing output.
Later on Tuesday, Bush visited al-Murabba Palace and The National Museum in the Saudi capital, where he watched a traditional sword dance before being given a tour by King Abdullah's brother, Prince Salman.
He was also invited to sample some food laid out in the courtyard of the building.
The president paused to look at a 136-year-old handwritten Quran that was opened on a page filled with gold and turquoise decorative script.
Afterward, he was travelling to Al Janadriyah Farm, the king's country retreat where he maintains 150 Arabian stallions.
That trip repays the two visits that the king, while crown prince, made to Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, in 2002 and 2005.
Among ordinary Saudis and across much of the Mideast, Bush is unpopular, particularly because of the Iraq war and unflinching U.S. Support for Israel. Bush and Abdullah were emphasising their strong personal ties.
On Monday Bush announced US plans to sell 20 (b) billion dollars in weapons, including precision-guided bombs, to the Saudis.
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