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Posted: 5/12/2013 1:22:13 AM EST
The White House's online petition site called "We the People" is displayed on a computer screen in Beijing Sunday, May 12, 2013. Through the Obama administration’s “We the People” site Chinese looking for justice have found a way to keep issues that our sometimes censored in their own country alive. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 5/4/2013 5:08:39 PM EST
FILE - In this May 5, 1933 file photo, Ruby Bates, who reversed her previous testimony that she had been assaulted by nine black teenagers, center in light coat, marches in a parade of several hundred people through the Washington, D.C. streets to the White House, to present her petition for the liberation of the Scottsboro Boys. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 5/3/2013 1:54:48 PM EST
Former Afghan interpreter Mohammad (L), who has been granted asylum, poses with Jake Wood, a former soldier who served in Afghanistan, before handing a petition to the Foreign Office that calls for Afghan interpreters to be granted asylum in the United Kingdom in Westminster, central London May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Olivia Harris
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Posted: 5/2/2013 3:08:31 PM EST
FILE-This May 8, 1979 file photo shows Jerry Garcia, leader of the legendary group “The Grateful Dead." Deadheads are uniting in opposition to a proposal to rename a San Francisco venue named in honor of Garcia, Grateful Dead founder. More than 1,100 people have signed an online petition opposing any name change to Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in Excelsior, near where the late guitarist grew up. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 5/2/2013 12:43:31 PM EST
FILE - This Nov. 1, 1992 file photo shows Grateful Dead lead singer Jerry Garcia performing in Oakland , Calif. The San Francisco Chronicle reports more than 1,100 people have signed an online petition opposing any name change to Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in Excelsior, near where the late guitarist grew up. The proposed name is "Levitt Pavilion San Francisco at Jerry Garcia Meadows." Critics say handing it over to Levitt would rob the venue of its independent spirit. The 2,000-seat theater hosts fewer than 10 events a year. (AP Photo/Kristy McDonald, file)
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Posted: 4/29/2013 9:37:40 AM EST
Kenya's Chief Justice Willy Mutunga follows proceedings during the mention of the Presidential poll petition at the Supreme Court in Kenya's capital Nairobi, March 20, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
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Posted: 4/26/2013 9:38:51 AM EST
British fashion designers Vivienne Westwood, left and Katharine Hamnett poses for the media on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street as they help pass on a petition in support of apiarists and their campaign to show public opinion ahead of the European Commission vote on the proposal to ban bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides, in London, Friday, April, 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Posted: 4/19/2013 12:48:51 PM EST
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, James Oliver, left, hugs his brother and fellow Eagle Scout, Will Oliver, who is gay, as Will and other supporters carry four boxes filled with a petition to end the ban on gay scouts and leaders in front of the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Under pressure over its long-standing ban on gays, the Boys Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders. The Scouts announced Friday, April 19, 2013 that the proposal would be submitted to the roughly 1,400 voting members of its National Council at a meeting in Texas the week of May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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Posted: 4/18/2013 12:38:34 PM EST
FILE - In this Thursday, July 5, 2012 file photo shows the United States Navy Blue Angels and world-renowned aerobatic pilot Michael Goulian form up for a flight over Vandalia, Ohio. The Dayton Air Show has canceled plans to stage a re-enactment of a World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after an online petition was posted in protest, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/The Piqua Daily Call, Mike Ullery, File)
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Posted: 4/12/2013 6:58:26 PM EST
FILE - This July 13, 2012 file photo shows rapper Tyga visiting the set of New.Music.Live. at the MuchMusic HQ in Toronto. Grammy-nominated rapper Tyga is set to perform at Harvard University’s weekend spring concert despite opposition from hundreds of critics who signed a petition seeking to keep him away because of his “violently misogynistic lyrics.” Tyga is scheduled to perform at the nation’s oldest university for the Yardfest on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, file)
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Posted: 4/12/2013 6:58:26 PM EST
FILE - This July 13, 2012 file photo shows rapper Tyga visiting the set of New.Music.Live. at the MuchMusic HQ in Toronto. Grammy-nominated rapper Tyga is set to perform at Harvard University’s weekend spring concert despite opposition from hundreds of critics who signed a petition seeking to keep him away because of his “violently misogynistic lyrics.” Tyga is scheduled to perform at the nation’s oldest university for the Yardfest on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, file)
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Posted: 4/7/2013 1:08:48 PM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 file photo, Ahmed Mansour, an Emirati blogger and a human rights activists talks with his children after he was pardoned by UAE's president and released from jail in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In early March 2013, a total of 94 people were put on trial on charges of seeking to overthrow the UAE government and holding ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and other groups. The defendants pleaded not guilty and complained of abuses after their arrests. Mansour and four others including a former legal adviser to the UAE's armed forces were among the first to face arrests for alleged anti-state crimes in early 2011 after signing an online petition urging for political reforms, including free elections for parliament. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 11:33:29 AM EST
FILE - In this Saturday, March 2, 2013 file photo, Kenyan Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta waves to the crowd from the sunroof of his vehicle as he arrives for the final election rally of The National Alliance party at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday, March 30, 2013 upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president, in a verdict on a petition by candidate Raila Odinga appealing the election result, ending an election season that riveted the nation amid fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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Posted: 4/1/2013 4:00:06 PM EST
A lawyer speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past India's Supreme Court in New Delhi April 1, 2013. India's highest court, the Supreme Court, has dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a serious blow to Western pharmaceutical firms which are increasingly focusing on India to drive sales. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Posted: 4/1/2013 4:00:06 PM EST
A lawyer speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past India's Supreme Court in New Delhi April 1, 2013. India's highest court, the Supreme Court, has dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a serious blow to Western pharmaceutical firms which are increasingly focusing on India to drive sales. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Posted: 4/1/2013 7:43:57 AM EST
A lawyer speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past India's Supreme Court in New Delhi April 1, 2013. India's highest court, the Supreme Court, has dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a serious blow to Western pharmaceutical firms which are increasingly focusing on India to drive sales. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Posted: 4/1/2013 7:43:57 AM EST
A lawyer speaks on his mobile phone as he walks past India's Supreme Court in New Delhi April 1, 2013. India's highest court, the Supreme Court, has dismissed Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG's petition seeking patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec, a serious blow to Western pharmaceutical firms which are increasingly focusing on India to drive sales. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Posted: 3/31/2013 6:48:22 AM EST
A small group of supporters of presidential candidate Raila Odinga run down a street smashing shop windows and some of them looting, in protest at the verdict of the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, March 30, 2013. Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president, in a verdict on a petition by candidate Raila Odinga appealing the election result, ending an election season that riveted the nation amid fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Posted: 3/31/2013 5:33:21 AM EST
Supporters of losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga protest in the rain in front of riot police guarding the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, March 30, 2013. Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president, in a verdict on a petition by candidate Raila Odinga appealing the election result, ending an election season that riveted the nation amid fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Posted: 3/31/2013 5:33:20 AM EST
Supporters of losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga protest in front of riot police guarding the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, March 30, 2013. Kenya's Supreme Court on Saturday upheld the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's next president, in a verdict on a petition by candidate Raila Odinga appealing the election result, ending an election season that riveted the nation amid fears of a repeat of the 2007-08 postelection violence. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
