President Obama bows to the Saudi King

President Obama greeted the king of Saudi Arabia with a full bow from the waist yesterday. The action appeared especially awkward since among the dozens of world leaders and their spouses, handshakes abounded, but there appeared to be no other bowing in the room.

The U.S. State Department's office of protocol did not respond

he situation developed as leaders of the world attending the G20 summit in London assembled for a photograph to mark the event.

In this first image, after the king extended his hand while Obama approached, Obama bends from the waist until his head is nearly at the monarch's waist: In a second image, Obama has straightened up and is exchanging remarks with the Saudi leader:

President Obama bows before King Abdullah.



It has been the protocol of the US govt not have it leaders bow before any monarch. Full video is available on YouTube (http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=S60U-hl35Gw)



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'One in 10 Americans still think Barack Obama is Muslim'

More than two months after Barack Obama placed his hand on the Bible and was sworn in as president of the United States, 11 per cent of Americans still think he is a Muslim, a poll suggested

White evangelical Protestants and Republicans were the most likely to say Mr Obama - who has an Arabic middle name - was Muslim in response to the poll question: "Do you happen to know what Barack Obama's religion is?"

Nearly one in five white evangelical Protestants and 17 per cent of the Republicans who took part in the telephone poll of 1,308 adults, which was conducted by Pew Research from March 9-12, said they thought Obama was Muslim.

Fewer than half in each group - 38 per cent of white evangelicals and 46 percent of Republicans - correctly identified him as Christian.

Even among Democrats, only 55 per cent correctly identified Obama as a Christian; seven percent thought he was Muslim.