Bush shrugs off Indonesia protests

US President George W Bush has wrapped up a gruelling Asian tour, shrugging off angry anti-American protests in Indonesia.

He also received some advice on exiting Iraq from the country's president.

"People protest - that's a good sign. It's a sign of a healthy society," Bush told a joint news conference with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the former Dutch colonial Bogor Palace, with protesters held at bay by a large security presence.

The Indonesian leader had some advice for Bush on an ultimate exit strategy on Iraq.

Yudhoyono said achieving Iraqi national reconciliation, involving other parties and progress in rebuilding the war-shattered nation should decide the timetable for US troops to leave.

"We have to probably deploy a new set-up of security forces in parallel with some day, based on a proper timetable, the disengagement of US military forces and other coalition forces from Iraq." >>>cont

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