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In Childhood Home Indonesia, Barack Obama Calls For Tolerance
Barack Obama called for tolerance and respect in his childhood home of Indonesia Saturday, amid rising religious tensions in the country where the former US president spent four years as a boy.
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China ups ante for Indonesia on eve of Obama's arrival
Less than a day before President Obama touched down in Jakarta on Tuesday, a high-level Chinese delegation wrapped up a three-day official visit here by announcing that Beijing would invest $6.6 billion in desperately needed infrastructure improvements. The announcement's emphasis on roads, bridges and canals -- not to mention its timing -- laid do...
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For Indonesia and Obama, fourth time's the charm
It is the presidential homecoming that wasn't meant to be.The last time President Obama was in this nation of islands, in 1992, he holed up in a rented beachside hut in Bali, where he swam each morning and spent afternoons writing "Dreams From My Father," the memoir that later became a best-seller. In it, he shared memories of his life here as a bo...
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Obama visits a nation that knew him as Barry
The two houses where he spent part of his boyhood stand pretty much the way they did when he went back to Hawaii four decades ago. The two schools he attended have grown larger but, in spirit, remain unchanged. Some of his old friends can still be found around the neighborhood.Near one of his homes here, the same family still runs a wooden stall se...
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In Childhood Home Indonesia, Barack Obama Calls For Tolerance
Barack Obama called for tolerance and respect in his childhood home of Indonesia Saturday, amid rising religious tensions in the country where the former US president spent four years as a boy.
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China ups ante for Indonesia on eve of Obama's arrival
Less than a day before President Obama touched down in Jakarta on Tuesday, a high-level Chinese delegation wrapped up a three-day official visit here by announcing that Beijing would invest $6.6 billion in desperately needed infrastructure improvements. The announcement's emphasis on roads, bridges and canals -- not to mention its timing -- laid do...
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For Indonesia and Obama, fourth time's the charm
It is the presidential homecoming that wasn't meant to be.The last time President Obama was in this nation of islands, in 1992, he holed up in a rented beachside hut in Bali, where he swam each morning and spent afternoons writing "Dreams From My Father," the memoir that later became a best-seller. In it, he shared memories of his life here as a bo...
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Obama visits a nation that knew him as Barry
The two houses where he spent part of his boyhood stand pretty much the way they did when he went back to Hawaii four decades ago. The two schools he attended have grown larger but, in spirit, remain unchanged. Some of his old friends can still be found around the neighborhood.Near one of his homes here, the same family still runs a wooden stall se...
