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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:00 AM

Isn't she lovely?

In her prime-time speech Monday, Michelle Obama foiled her harshest detractors and perhaps even won over Middle America.

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  • Tuesday, August 26, 2008 06:50 AM

    No. Not that brother but another called Mark Ndesandjo who's living in China and may even

    have attended the Olympics. According to TIMESonline (27th July last) Mark, who does not use his father's name because his feelings for the senior Barack are unaffectionate, is exporting Chinese products to the USA. The British media is providing a lot of information on the family of Obama pere that the American media seems unwilling to reveal - not that one would ever suspect that such discretion is plitically motivated. Mark's mother, Ruth Nidesand, is an American who was married to Barack Obama snr. and is the principal of a school in Kenya.

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