How the 'Year of the Protester' played out in Europe
The protests in the Middle East and United States may have garnered more attention, but 2011 was just as much a year of awakening in southern Europe, where young people are worried their future
By Robert Marquand | Christian Science Monitor | December 30, 2011
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A Spanish protester in a Guy Fawkes mask demonstrates against banks and politicians in Madrid. The text on the dollar bill translates as "I won't be silenced." Susana Vera/Reuters
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Peter Cushing in 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (1957). On average our bodies harbour 27 hazardous chemicals Photo: EVERETT COLLECTION / REX FEATURES
Supporters of the Yasuní 'crowdfunding' initiative say it could change the way important places are protected. Photograph: Prisma Bildagentur AG / Alamy/Alamy
Not Manhattan _ a view from above the village of Lonthoir on Pulau Banda Besar, the largest of the Banda Islands, toward the Gunung Api volcano, in Indonesia. GETTY IMAGES
On Nov. 19, 2008, an orangutan with a tranquilizer dart in his side is made to sleep before rangers relocate him to another place on Borneo island, away from this palm oil plantation. (Photo: AFP, Getty Images)
Nizamuddin Sheikh's eatery stays open longer thanks to a rooftop solar power set. Credit:Naimul Haq/IPS
First, the oil rush, then the biomass rush. Flickr/Argonne National Laboratory
The "Plastic Bag Monster", a creation by Slovenian artist Miha Artnak, is displayed outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels May 24, 2011. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Heathrow airport, London (Eddie Keogh/Courtesy Reuters)
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Wind power could be major source of electricity Photo: Rex Features
China’s National Petroleum Corporation secured the first deal to tap into Afghanistan's oil and gas reserves. The deal could be worth $700 million. Jason Lee/Reuters/File
Admiral Habibollah Sayari says Iran could easily close the Strait of Hormuz
The population of Bogotá, capital of Colombia, is about to pass 8 million.
Protesters march in front of Police Headquarters in Jakarta on Monday. They criticized the police’s shooting of and killing villagers who were rallying in Bima against a gold mining company. The protestors urged the president to remove Chief Police Timur Pradopo. (JG Photo/Safir Makki)
Officials are working to rehouse residents sheltering in temporary evacuation centres
The U.S. must increase its use of nuclear power and phase-out coal to reduce greenhouse gases. France has successfully deployed nuclear power on a massive scale, including successful nuclear reprocessing at the COGEMA La Hague site. (Pictured.) (Photo: WikiCommons)
A street vendor in flood waters on a street near the Chao Praya river in Bangkok. The Thai capital is recovering from it worst floods in a century. Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
The tsunami swept houses away in Minamisoma and left land covered in salt
An oil spill on the shores of the Niger Delta swamps. Shell has said the recent oil spill is likely to be worst in a decade. Photograph: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images
The European court of justice has ruled that all airlines flying to and from the EU will buy carbon permits. Photograph: Corbis
The EU misjudged the amount of permits that industry needed to cover their emissions. Photograph: Reuters
Photo: Elvert Barnes (Flickr)
Soldiers stand guard next to a tribute to late former Czech President Vaclav Havel at Prague Castle in Prague. (David W Cerny/Courtesy Reuters)
Traveling on the Kerong River with the Penan. Photo courtesy of Gavin Bate.
End of the world as we know it? Photograph: Ryan McGinnis/Alamy
Indonesian members of parliament approved the final draft of a long-awaited land bill on Wednesday that investors hope will speed up land acquisition for government infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. (Antara Photo)
Secure access to land fosters sustainable development.
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