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...sneakers and holding aloft a butterfly, quickly turned into a tourist attraction. Foreigners flocked to the public park in Jakarta to honor the U.S. President, who lived four years of his childhood in the Indonesian capital. Locals visited, too, but they weren't as pleased. "Indonesians mostly came to protest," says park groundskeeper Yunus. "They didn't want the statue here." Less than three months after a local Obama fan club raised $10,000 for the monument, it was quietly moved in February to a nearby school where Obama had studied. "I'm not against Obama," says Protus Tanuhandaru...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Obama is Disappointing Asia — Even in Indonesia | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...straw was the revelation last year that MPs from all parties had taken advantage of a loose expenses regimen to subsidize their pay, some of them charging taxpayers for such essentials as moat cleaning, duck houses and sparkly toilet seats. Charisse can't even be bothered to cast a protest ballot for the BNP. "I don't vote," she says. "What's the point? Politicians are only out for what they can get." (See pictures of Tony Blair's 10 years as Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deep Funk: Why Britain is Feeling Bleak | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...expired. But when RAI's flagship channel reported the news during its lunchtime broadcast, the presenter announced that the lawyer had been "acquitted" of the charges. Until recently, the comment would have gone unchallenged. This time, however, the clip went viral on Facebook. A group set up to protest the broadcast quickly grew to nearly 200,000 members, most of whose names were printed out and delivered to RAI's offices in a suitcase. "Our way to organize, to make our voice heard, to be clear that we are so many, has become the Internet," says Arianna Ciccone, the founder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape | 3/27/2010 | See Source »

College students from SLAM said they were happy to be at the protest to show their support for the University’s laborers...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protestors Demand Fiscal Transparency | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

...protest came in the wake of HUCTW’s announcement that it has begun its eighth round of contract negotiations with the University. To mark the beginning of negotiations, the union released a letter which emphasized the generally amicable relationship between Harvard and the union...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protestors Demand Fiscal Transparency | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

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