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World marks Labour Day

Riot police removes a man after people threw stones and empty bottles at police officers during an ancient pagan celebration called Walpurgis Night at the vigil of May Day demonstration in Berlin''s district of Friedrichshain April 30, 2009. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Labour Day protesters have taken to the streets across the world, clashing with police in several cities in signs of social unrest amid the economic crisis [Reuters]
Published On 1 May 2009

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Turkish riot police detain a protester during an outlawed May Day rally in central Istanbul May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEY CONFLICT POLITICS)
Traditional Labour Day demonstrations are reported to have turned violent in Germany and Turkey, while thousands of protesters have rallied in Russia and Greece [Reuters]
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CAMBODIA, Phnom Penh : A Cambodian worker wearing a mask takes part in a march along a street to mark May Day in Phnom Penh on May 1, 2009. More than 1,000 Cambodian workers marched through the capital to demand better wages and conditions as well as to stop violence against unionists as they marked May Day, or international labour day. AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY
More than 1,000 Cambodian workers marched through the Phnom Penh to demand better wages and conditions as well as to stop violence against unionists as they marked Labour Day [AFP]
REPUBLIC OF KOREA, SEOUL : South Korean labourers chant slogans during a rally near the national assembly in Seoul on May 1, 2009. About 8,000 members of civic and labour groups gathered to mark national Labor Day aimed at expressing the groups'' discontent with policies of the conservative Lee Myung-Bak government. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE
About 8,000 members of civic and labour groups gathered to mark national Labour Day in Seoul in South Korea, aimed at expressing the groups' discontent with policies of the conservative Lee Myung-Bak government [AFP]
GAZA CITY : Palestinians protest against the lack of employment opportunities, in Gaza City on April 30, 2009, a day before World Labour Day (May Day). AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED
Palestinians protest against the lack of employment opportunities in Gaza on World Labour Day [AFP]
Filipino job seekers line up outside a mall during at a job fair in Manila May 1, 2009. The number of jobless Filipinos was 180,000 higher in January than a year earlier, pushing the unemployment rate up to 7.7 percent from 7.4 percent, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO). REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Filipino job seekers line up outside a mall during a job fair on Labour Day. The number of jobless Filipinos was 180,000 higher in January than a year earlier [Reuters]
A man installs a speaker to a pole in front of a stage decorated with communist symbols before the start of a May Day rally organised by the Sri Lankan left-wing party People''s Liberation Front in central Colombo May 1, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray (SRI LANKA BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POLITICS)
A man installs a speaker in front of a stage decorated with communist symbols before the start of a Labour Day rally organised by the Sri Lankan People's Liberation Front in Colombo [Reuters]
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A trainer performs with a Tibetan mastiff during a show at a dog expo on the first day of the Labour Day (May Day) holidays in Taiyuan, Shanxi province May 1, 2009. China is celebrating a three-day May Day holiday which started on Friday, a time when millions of Chinese travel to major cities to enjoy cultural attractions. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA SOCIETY ANIMALS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
A trainer performs with a Tibetan mastiff during a dog on the first of a three day holiday for Labour Day in China's Shanxi province [Reuters]
PAKISTAN, Karachi : A young Pakistani potter works on a vase at a workshop in Karachi on the eve of May Day on April 30, 2009. Pakistan has a workforce of more than 45 million people among a population of 160 million, according to government economic reports. TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/ Asif HASSAN
A young Pakistani potter works on a vase at a workshop in Karachi on the eve of Labour Day. Pakistan has a workforce of more than 45 million people among a population of 160 million [AFP]
People watch supporters of the banned National Bolshevik party march past a cafe during a rally marking International Workers'' Day, or Labour Day, in Moscow May 1, 2009. REUTERS/Denis Sinyakov (RUSSIA CONFLICT POLITICS BUSINESS)
People watch supporters of the banned National Bolshevik party march past a cafe during a rally marking Labour Day in Moscow, Russia [Reuters]