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According to the AP, the U.S. State Department is strongly urging U.S. citizens to carefully consider before visiting Haiti. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/31191

*Just one day after an Indonesian minister had expressed reluctance to shake her hand [scroll down to watch], First Lady Michelle Obama visited Southeast Asia’s biggest mosque with her husband on Wednesday as part of the president’s 10-day swing through Asia. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=64334

(From apartmenttherapy.com) Remember when you went to visit a friend and her new baby BEFORE you had a baby? At least for us, we just didn’t realize the place they were at. We wanted to stay and hear all about the birth and just hang out.