CNN 2012-05-05

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The FBI says 5 anarchists⁴ allegedly planning to blow up a bridge in Ohio, the suspects were arrested Monday evening, as part of a sting operation ran by the FBI, they have been charged with conspiracy⁵ and tempted⁶ explosives, authority say the men's plan targeted this bridge, it's in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park about 15 miles south of Cleveland Ohio, official say the men plan to detonate explosives that would bring down the bridge, these are the 5 suspects, they range in age from 20 to 35 years old, the FBI says the men never post any real danger to the public, the explosives they were planning to use were fake, the suspects got them from an under cover FBI agent.

 

 

Just the facts, May Day takes place every year on May 1st, the event is a celebration of spring, it's also used to celebrate working people, that's why it's known in some countries as international worker's day, May Day is celebrated⁷ around the globe and it's often used as a day of protest.

 

 

You're with the Occupy Movement that got a lot of attention last fall with based around protesters gathering⁸ in different US cities, especially in NY, Wall Street. On Tuesday, some of the members tried to launch occupy May Day rallies across the country, those were just some of the events that happened yesterday, Micheal Home gives us a global rundown on May Day. In London and across much of Europe, May day, much served as a rally crying against the will of austerity measures, high unemployment and deep wage counts. In Greece, thousands of workers, pensioners⁹ and students march peacefully to the parliament building in Athens. In Spain, Union workers rally against ill feeling economy, shut down much of the country with general strike. In France, many of the protesters were young people, unhappy with the high levels of unemployment and increasing college costs, there are less and less people can afford education and more and more graduate students can less find a job. But it was a celebratory mood in Moscow as Russia's president elect Vladimir Putin and the outgoing head of state join more than 100,000 people in the march through the capital. In the United States, the Occupy Movement looked regain¹⁰ it's relevancy and turn the holiday into a day of disruption with protests planned in more than 100 cities. Occupy Wall Street members in NY call for a day without the 99%, referring to a slogan that a wealthy 1% rules overall increasingly powerless majority. Much different seeing in Cuba where a massive crowd * through the streets of H, ending up the celebration in revolution square. In Indonesia, thousands of workers march into Asia's biggest May Day rally, demanding better pay and job security. Flag carrying activists¹¹ also marched in Hong Kong, as well as in Tokyo, and in Manila, several thousand Philippines marched on the presidential palace carrying banners with slogans likeraise our pay now and fight for socialism. 

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