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Obama Statue Booted From Jakarta Park

Controversial bronze is moved to school Obama attended

(Newser) - A controversial statue of Barack Obama as a boy has been removed from a Jakarta park after an angry campaign to boot the homage to the American president. The bronze statue of a 10-year-old Barack is being moved nearby to the grounds of an affluent Indonesian school Obama attended. The...

Obama Statue Will Leave Indonesian Park
 Obama Statue Will 
 Leave Indonesian Park 
FAREWELL, 'LITTLE BARRY'

Obama Statue Will Leave Indonesian Park

'Little Barry' bound for president's old school

(Newser) - A statue of President Obama that has drawn the ire of tens of thousands on Facebook will be moved from a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, to a less prominent spot near his old school. That location “is more appropriate,” an official tells AFP . He said the statue will...

Indonesia May Tear Down Obama Statue

Facebook drives puts matter on government agenda

(Newser) - Under pressure from a 55,000-member-strong Facebook group , Indonesian authorities are considering tearing down a statue of Barack Obama as a boy, less than a month after it was erected in a Jakarta park near Obama’s childhood home. “We’ve been discussing ... whether to take it down, move...

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