Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, a half-brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, looks up in front of Chinese characters that read "Obama" during a news conference on the pre-launch of Ndesandjo's first novel "Nairobi to Shenzhen" in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou November 4, 2009. Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, a half-brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, looks up in front of Chinese characters that read "Obama" during a news conference on the pre-launch of Ndesandjo's first novel "Nairobi to Shenzhen" in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou November 4, 2009.

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