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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: bijou on February 17, 2009, 03:22:39 PM
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Muslim women hold placards during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta February 16, 2009.
link (http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090216/ids_photos_wl/r3785729048.jpg/)
They are lacking the hopey changey vibe in Indonesia.
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Oh dear, poor thunder-thighs. :rotf:
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I found a report on it all.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged a new American openness to ideas from abroad, especially the Muslim world, during a visit Wednesday to Indonesia.
Anti-U.S. protests were held in several cities, with some Islamic hard-liners setting tires on fire and others throwing shoes at caricatures of Clinton, but the rallies were small and scattered.
Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, is the second stop in Clinton's inaugural overseas trip as the top U.S. diplomat. She said that was "no accident," with the trip designed to show support for the country's hard-won democracy as well as its efforts to fight terrorism while respecting human rights.
Steps were already being taken to improve relations, she said, announcing at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda that Peace Corps operations were expected to resume here after a long absence.
Peace Corps volunteers last served in Indonesia from 1963 until 1965. They were expelled after leftists accused them of being spies.
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link (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090218/D96E03Q80.html)
and another pic. :-)
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