At least seven marches are scheduled, including four in downtown Los Angeles, as traditional May Day celebrations of workers' rights have expanded to May Day rallies planned around Bay Area San Francisco Chronicle May Day immigrant rights marches sweep across country Facing South Results (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad) LONDON, May 1 (UPI) -- May Day celebrants fanned out across Europe Friday and thousands marched in annual protests, AP Tens of thousands of government supporters and opponents are demonstrating across Russia in rallies marking May Day. The traditional holiday celebrating ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police fired tear gas against May Day demonstrators who burnt at least one car in the streets of central Athens on Friday. Washington, DC (AHN) - May Day observances, traditionally used to celebrate the contributions of working people.
Today is Friday, May 1, the 121st day of 2009. There are 244 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on May 1, 1909, Reversed early gains to trade lower against most major currencies on Thursday as trading thinned ahead of the May Day holiday through much of Europe. May Day is a traditional day of demonstrations in Germany and several other European countries. Tens of thousands of French union workers are expected to financial crisis were expected to bring unusually large crowds onto the streets of Europe on Friday to mark May Day, the traditional workers' holiday.
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