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Occupying May Day

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In today's pick of the world papers - the Occupy movement tries to bring May Day protests to the US, and we look at whether Joseph Kony is really involved in the conflict in Sudan.

IN THE PAPERS
By Elena CASAS

The Huffington Post reports the now virtually defunct Occupy movement has joined forces with immigrants' rights groups in the US to call for a May Day strike - while The Guardian has advice from Noam Chomsky on what the movement should do next.

The Independent is looking at whether Joseph Kony is really involved in the conflict in Sudan - while The New York Times follows the US troops on Kony's trail.

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