Russian election protests in Moscow - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/dec/10/russia-vladimir-putin
Russian election protests in Moscow - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
“Putin Out,” Russian protesters chant
Tens of thousands of Russians turned out in central Moscow and across the country Saturday to protest what they believe were rigged parliamentary elections.
United Russia, the party of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, suffered big losses in the election, but retained its parliamentary majority. On Saturday, protesters chanted “Putin out,” according to a correspondent from state-run RIA Novosti news agency.
Between 20,000 and 25,000 protesters had gathered in the capital, Moscow, Ria Novosti said Saturday, citing police. There have been no reports of unrest and security has been tight.
►http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/10/world/europe/russia-protests/index.html
Quelques feux - Occupy Oakland protests - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/nov/03/occupy-oakland-violent-in-pictures
« #Occupy » : affrontements à Oakland – 3 novembre 2011
►http://berthoalain.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/occupy-affrontements-a-oakland-3-novembre-2011
Living off the landfill: Indonesia’s resident scavengers | World news | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/27/indonesia-waste-tip-scavengers
Around 2,000 families are estimated to live and work at Bantar Gebang, but as Jakarta’s waste increases, so does the tip’s population. Most are unskilled workers from Java, some of whom have been scavenging in streets and rubbish bins their whole lives. But life here, says new resident Dadi, 25, can be a difficult adjustment. “I couldn’t eat properly for weeks when I arrived, the smell was so bad,” he says of the tip’s stench of curdled milk. “I vomited every day.”
Despite a strong sense of community on the tip, many also find that they are stigmatised when they cross its borders. “For a long time, it was hard to go back home,” says Sar Jok, 59, a “boss” who recruits new residents into teams of scavengers and sells their findings to independent recycling companies. “People would say, ’Why do you live on the dump? It smells bad, you smell bad’. But when they saw I made good money, their opinions changed.” Scavengers, some of them children as young as five, make around 30,000 rupiah (£2.20) a day. Like the few paddy farmers who still till what’s left of the neighbouring rice fields, many of Bantar Gebang’s residents must do all they can to survive off the land. Nila, 31, a mother of three, regularly scavenges for her family’s dinner. “I’ll find vegetables, and fish or meat on the mountain,” she says, cooking dinner over an open fire. “If it looks and smells OK, I take it. So far we’ve been lucky – nothing’s happened to us.”
Jesus sightings in food (and walls) - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jul/21/jesus-food-sightings
A couple from South Carolina have claimed to have found the image of the face of Jesus Christ on a Walmart receipt. Here are other examples of Jesus turning up in everyday life
le Jésus Walmartien, c’est ici : ►http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/07/21/2011-07-21_south_carolina_couple_claims_to_possess_walmart_checkout_rec
Middle East dictators’ sons - in pictures | World news | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/jan/27/middle-east-dictators-sons-pictures