Obama releases birth certificate

The White House has released President Barack Obama's birth certificate, in response to persistent rumours he was not born in the US.

Obama had previously released an official "certification of live birth" showing he was born in Hawaii. But fringe "birther" theorists have insisted Obama was actually born in his father's native Kenya, making him ineligible to be president.

Recently potential Republican candidate Donald Trump has revived the rumour. On Wednesday, Obama described the unprecedented move as an effort to rid the US political debate of a distraction.

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