Kuta – Police dispersed a peaceful rally staged on Wednesday by some 50 students from the Association of Islamic Students (HMI) and the Muhammadiyah Students Association (IMM), who were protesting US President George W. Bush's three-hour visit here.

"We dispersed them shortly after Bush's airplane landed at Ngurah Rai International Airport," Denpasar Police chief Sr. Commissioner Komang Udayana told Antara. The students unfurled banners and waved posters calling Bush the "number one terrorist".

Bush and Megawati are to hold bilateral talks at the Patra Bali Hotel, 15 km northeast of the capital, Denpasar. The US president is also slated to meet with several Islamic leaders.

Bush's visit to Bali is part of an Asia-Pacific tour that also covers Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Australia.