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In photos: 'US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Visits Indonesia'

By James Wray Feb 19, 2009, 16:50 GMT

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves to local residents during her visit to a USAID-sponsored environmental and health services program at the Petojo neighbourhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 February 2009. Clinton is in Indonesia on the second stop of her Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize US economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/DITA ALANGKARA - POOL

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) inspects a purse made of recycled plastic during her visit to a USAID-sponsored community projects at the Petojo neighbourhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 February 2009. Clinton is in Indonesia on the second stop of her Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize US economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/DITA ALANGKARA - POOL

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) talks to people as she visits a public sanitation facility at the Petojo residential area in central Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 February 2009. Clinton is in Indonesia on the second stop of her Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize US economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/MUHAMMAD SOLIHIN/FY-INDONESIA.CO

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) arrives at Seoul airport on Seongnam in Gyeunggi-do, South Korea. on 19 February 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on her first diplomatic tour to Asia, visiting Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and China. EPA/KIM HEE-CHUL

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures as she talks with local residents during her visit to a USAID-sponsored environmental and health services program at the Petojo neighbourhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 February 2009. Clinton is in Indonesia on the second stop of her Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize US economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/DITA ALANGKARA - POOL

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) waves as she walks through the Petojo residential area in central Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 February 2009. Clinton is in Indonesia on the second stop of her Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize US economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/BAGUS INDAHONO - POOL

Indonesian students put flowers on a mock US national flag urging the new US government to change their policies on the Muslim world during a protest against US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit in Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 February 2009. Clinton arrived in Indonesia, the second stop on an Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize US economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/MAST IRHAM

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) waves to the audience as she takes a tour on US aid projects, a public toilet in a slum in Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 February 2009. Clinton is in Indonesia on the second stop of her Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize US economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/BAY ISMOYO - POOL

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks to reporters during a press conference after her meeting with Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan in Jakarta, Indonesia, 18 February 2009. Clinton arrives in Indonesia, the second stop on an Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize U.S. economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat EPA/MAST IRHAM

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) talks to ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan after a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, 18 February 2009. Clinton arrives in Indonesia, the second stop on an Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize U.S. economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat EPA/MAST IRHAM

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) welcoming US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) shortly after her arrival at Presidential Office in Jakarta, Indonesia on 19 February 2009. Clinton arrives in Indonesia, the second stop on an Asian tour for talks that are expected to focus on Southeast Asia's growing importance in the region. She is hoping to revitalize U.S. economic and development ties with Southeast Asia as she visits the world's most populous Muslim nation during her first overseas trip as America's top diplomat. EPA/ADI WEDA

Muslim activists protest against visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on 18 February 2009. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first overseas trip will include a stop in Indonesia. Her choice of destination, once a childhood home to President Obama, is a mixture of policy and symbolism. EPA/ADI WEDA