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Friday, November 7, 2008
Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) international relations observer Dewi Fortuna Anwar said Barrack Obama's election as US president showed that the US has abandoned racism.
"We are also glad that the American people have discarded racism ," Dewi said here Wednesday.
She said the election of Barrack Obama also indicated the American people were for international dialog and cooperation.
Obama was declared the winner of the US presidential election after he had gained 297 electoral votes against John McCain's support from 145 electoral votes.
Obama's victory was warmly welcomed by many world leaders, including President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
In a statement at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Yudhoyono congratulated Obama who had spent some of his childhood in Indonesia.
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