The dreaded Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has denied and refuted the Nigerian government broadcast that MEND supports the massively rigged elections of last April.

Annual May Day celebrations have been held throughout the world Tuesday, many resulting in confrontations between citizens and authorities. Police in the southern Chinese territory of Macau fired shots into the air to disperse protesters demanding better working conditions and a government crackdown on illegal laborers.