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Obama's efforts to befriend Muslims again

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We take you on tour with the US President... and look at how Barack Obama tried to reach out to Muslims in his childhood home of Indonesia. The international community vows to keep up pressure on Burma as its recent elections are branded a sham of democracy. And New Zealand's Maoris celebrate an unusual homecoming. The mummified heads of thirteen tribe’s people are going home after spending years in Paris museums.

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