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Obama Returns to Childhood Home of Indonesia A clutch of 9-year-olds from Barack Obama's childhood school have been rehearsing a song for the president, although they're not sure whether he will show up. "We haven't been told anything," said Hasimah, the disheartened headmaster. "So we don't know how to prepare." This mix of hope and uncertainty pervades Indonesia as the president begins his 24-hour stop in the country today, part of a larger trip to several Asian nations, reports AP. The president has planned to come to Indonesia twice before during his term but canceled both trips because of the health care battle and the BP oil spill. Indonesia ramped up preparations in anticipation of those two visits. But now, in the aftermath of a deadly volcanic explosion and tsunami, the country is struggling to muster the same excitement. Obama moved to Indonesia as a 7-year-old with his mother and her second husband, Indonesian Lolo Soetoro, and lived in a Jakarta neighborhood for four years. But many Indonesians have lost hope that Obama's brief trip, during which he will meet with Indonesia's president, tour a mosque, and make a speech, will allow time for visits to old haunts, or do much to ameliorate Muslim relations with the United States. Read original story in AP | Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
