Abdullah said Muslim nations must take bold measures such as investing heavily in education. He cited the examples of his own country, which spent 8 percent of its gross domestic product on education in 2004, and the United ArabEmirates, which recently announced a US$10 billion (¤7.4billion) endowment for investments in education across Arab countries. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who leads the world's most populous Muslim country, said Islamic nations can work «as a collective force» for their own development because they currently supply 70 percent of the world's energy requirements and 40 percent of raw material exports globally. «We in the Islamic ummah can achieve true solidarityamong ourselves ... and reclaim the eminence that (we)enjoyed in the Golden Age of Islam,» Yudhoyono said. He suggested Muslim countries remove trade barriers to boost business and encourage tourism.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/453746