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Defend America on Sunday, February 21, 2010 5:19:58 PM
Obama statue returns to public view in Jakarta
By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Writer Rod Mcguirk, Associated Press Writer
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – A statue of Barack Obama as a boy was placed late Sunday night at the Jakarta elementary school the U.S. president once attended, after its display in a public park prompted backlash in the Indonesia capital.
The re-placement of the bronze statue
a week after it disappeared from public view was a low-key event
officiated by the school's principal and three local education
officials. Scores of proud students had been among the crowd of 500
watching when Jakarta's mayor unveiled the statue in the nearby park in December.
The likeness based on a childhood photograph shows a 10-year-old Obama smiling at a butterfly perched on his outstretched thumb.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100221/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_obama_statue