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NAIROBI — Excitement built before President Obama's arrival Friday in the country of his father's birth for a two-nation African tour.

Kenyan and American flags were hoisted along roads, cleaners scrubbed the asphalt clean, and police relocated homeless families from the routes Obama is likely to take. James Bwire, a Nairobi-based sculptor who designed several billboards to celebrate the president's visit, said he hopes to get close enough to deliver a small bust he crafted of Obama.

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