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A South African model who played Barack Obama's mother in a film about the U.S. President's early years in Indonesia has been arrested for drug possession. Cara Lachelle has been charged with possession of methamphetamine following a raid on her Jakarta apartment. Miss Lachelle, 27, starred as Obama's mother Ann Dunham in the film Obama The Menteng Kid, also known as Little Obama, co-directed by John Rantau and Damien Dematra. The film, which was released last year, shows Mr Obama enjoying his early years with his mother and Indonesian stepfather in the Menteng neighbourhood of Jakarta from 1967 to 1971....