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20 hrs ago | AlertNet

Tunisian topless activist Amina Tyler reportedly arrested

Activist Amina Tyler is led away by riot police during a May Day march marking International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, at the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis May 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Tunisia, Africa, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Thu May 16, 2013

Martinsburg Journal

May Day to be observed in Berkeley Springs

A Maypole wrapped with ribbons has been a festive tradition for hundreds of years in the northern hemisphere on the first of May, especially in many communities in England.

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Related Topix: Berkeley Springs, WV, Life, Holidays, Morgan County, WV

Wed May 15, 2013

People's Daily Online

Cross-border shopping exodus expected

Shoppers from the Chinese mainland flock to stores in Hong Kong for bargains. Mainland consumers are increasingly traveling to the special administrative region as the yuan continues to appreciate.

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Hong Kong, China Travel, China Travel, World News, China, Asia, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Tue May 14, 2013

SFGate

Local: In The Peninsula

Teens from an East Palo Alto youth action group wait to start the May 1 rally in Mountain View.

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Related Topix: East Palo Alto, CA, Mountain View, CA, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Reuters

Rubio to push biometric system in U.S. Senate immigration bill

Dominic Ibarra sits on the shoulders of his grandfather Luis Ibarra during an immigration rally on May Day in the Mission District in San Francisco, California May 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Representative Steve Stockman, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Mon May 13, 2013

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Kenyan protester's lonely campaign gets a hearing

Boniface Mwangi's hands trembled as he typed a Twitter post about his intention to heckle Kenya's top union leader at a rally attended by Kenya's new president.

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Related Topix: World News, Kenya, Africa, Life, Holidays, Beltaine, South Africa, Mwai Kibaki

Sat May 11, 2013

Indybay.org

Philippines: Solidarity on May Day with Venezuela's revolution

On this May 1, a day of international working class solidarity, we in the Philippine labor and progressive movement, stand with the Venezuelan working class and the people of Venezuela in their struggle to elect the government of their choice to pursue their demands and goals for Socialism of the XXI century.

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Related Topix: South America, Venezuela, World News, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

The Las Vegas Sun

This week in the life of 2013 immigration reform

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is joined by Congressman Steven Horsford, left, and Congresswoman Dina Titus as he speaks during a May Day rally for comprehensive immigration reform in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, May 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, Representative Dina Titus, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Steven Horsford, Harry Reid, US Senate, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Fri May 10, 2013

The Washington Post

Venezuela rights group asks ICC to probe alleged abuse of detainees in post-election tumult

In this May 1, 2013 photo, members of the opposition hold Venezuelan flags during a May Day march in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Venezuela, Life, Holidays, Beltaine,

The Papillion Times

Kenyan protester's lonely campaign gets a hearing

Gretna scored two goals in a six-minute span in the first half as the Dragons defeated Gering 2-0 in the Class B girls state soccer quarterfinals on Friday at Creighton's Morrison Stadium.

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Related Topix: World News, Kenya, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Balkans.com

Croatia Airlines has fired all 42 cabin crew members who took sick...

Croatia Airlines has fired all 42 cabin crew members who took sick leave over the May Day public holiday in protest of the proposed working conditions outlined in the new collective agreement.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine

WTLV

Bangladesh workers find female survivor in rubble

A relative of a missing Bangladeshi garment worker reacts as she gathers at a graveyard for victims of the garment factory collapse in Dhaka on May 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: Bangladesh, World News, Asia, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Stroudnewsand Journal

Sisters Millie, five, and Rhinna Sumpter, 10, at the May Day celebrations in Horsley

The festivities started at 9am last Wednesday, May 1, with the school's oldest boy Alex Sukosd, 11, dressed in beech leaves as the Jack in the Green.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Thu May 09, 2013

Pattaya Mail

Despite 53% wage hike, construction workers mark Labor Day with gripes over low pay

Despite seeing their wages rise 53 percent in the past year, Pattaya-area construction workers marked Labor Day 2013 with continued grumbles about low pay.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine

SFGate

Venezuelan politics get personal, divide families

In this photo taken April 30, 2013, Jose Pastano, 71, speaks during an interview at his house in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Related Topix: World News, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

The Oregonian

Two state representatives sponsor referendum on new law granting driver cards to undocumented residents

MAY 1, 2013 - With hundreds of cheering onlookers on the steps of the Oregon Capitol, Gov.

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Related Topix: John Kitzhaber, US Governors, Oregon, Oregon Government, Life, Holidays, Beltaine

KOMO News

Juggalos may be responsible for odd May Day burglary

Juggalos, those ever-popular Internet punching bags, may be responsible for an odd burglary at a South Park senior-living facility that officers were unable to respond to thanks to the May Day goings-on elsewhere.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine, Eastlake (Seattle, WA), Ravenna (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Rainier Valley (Seattle, WA)

Berwick Advertiser

VIDEO: Twins take lead roles at Ford May Day celebrations

The annual May Day celebrations at the Hugh Joicey First School in Ford have taken place throughout the last three decades.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Wed May 08, 2013

Free Republic

Is That Occupy Portland Dancing Around a Golden Calf on May Day?

Dan Sandini at Daylight Disinfectant recently posted video from the 'May Day' protests in Portland, Oregon, and one of them alarmingly shows a group of young individuals dancing around a golden calf.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine

Forum News Portal

Flow of tourists to Crimea grows this year

The flow of tourists in Crimea from April 30 to May 6, 2013 grew by 24% compared to the same period last year, Crimean resorts and tourism minister Oleksandr Liyev said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Beltaine, World News, Ukraine, Travel, Ukraine Travel, Europe Travel