Controversial Obama statue back in public view

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 Indonesia's capital.The installation of the bronze statue a week after it was removed 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....
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Picture Left:Indonesian workers move a bronze statue depicting President Barack Obama to his former primary school in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sunday.(Bay Ismoyo/AFP-Getty Images)