US election 2012: Barack Obama's re-election celebrated around world

From his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens
to share his name, people around the world cheered President Barack
Obama's re-election on Wednesday.

The results of Tuesday's election were closely watched in many
countries. Several U.S. embassies held mock elections and threw
parties as returns came in.

At Jakarta's Menteng 01 Elementary School, which Obama once attended,
students happily marched with a poster of the president from one
classroom to another after hearing that he had defeated Republican
Mitt Romney to win a second term. "Obama wins ... Obama wins again,"
they shouted.


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