'Protester' named Time's person of year
NEW YORK - Agence France-Presse
Time magazine named the collective "protester" around the world as its person of the year Wednesday, citing the change brought by street demonstrations from Arab countries to New York.
The shared honor for protesters beat the traditional individual contenders, who included Admiral William McCraven, commander of the US mission to kill Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden.
"There's this contagion of protest," managing editor Richard Stengel said on NBC television.
"These are folks who are changing history already and they will change history in the future."
The magazine goes on the news stands Friday.
