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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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1902 May 20: Cuba Independence Day
2002 May 20: East Timor Independence Day
1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day
2006 May 21: Montenegro Independence Day
1822 May 24: Ecuador Independence Day
1991 May 24: Eritrea Independence Day
1946 May 25: Jordan Independence Day
1918 May 26: Georgia Independence Day
1966 May 26: Guyana Independence Day
1918 May 28: Armenia Independence Day
1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act
1918 May 28: Azerbaijan Republic Day
1992 June 3: Mabo Day, Australia
1989 June 4: Tiananmen Square protests/June 4th Incident
1970 June 4: Tonga Emancipation and Independence Day
1523 June 6: National Day of Sweden
1905 June 7, Norway: Independence Day/Union Dissolution Day
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Irish soccer’s split identity in the age of Brexit
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Irish famine memorial dedicated on Deer Island
American family gives Irish Famine-era manuscript back to Ireland
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Finland’s Lions claim ice hockey world championship
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Hong Kong independence activists granted refugee status in Germany
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Big pro-Catalan rally staged in Madrid
Jailed leaders register as MPs and senator in Spanish parliament
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Junqueras and Sánchez express desire for dialogue in Spanish parliament exchange
Madrid court rejects Puigdemont lawsuit against electoral authority
Raucous scenes as jailed Catalan leaders take office
‘Victory against repression’ as Catalan prisoners take seats at parliament
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An interview with exiled Catalan President Carles Puigdemont
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Power shifts in southern Catalonia – from nuclear to wind
Nestlé to invest €17.2m in biomass boiler in Girona plant
Catalan independence trial set to end on June 11
‘This is not a trial between equals,’ says Welsh MP Hywel Williams
Independence trial is ‘historic mistake’ says Catalan minister Alfred Bosch
Catalan Tourist Board launches UK campaign to promote Year of Cultural Tourism 2019
Òmnium claims ‘state operation’ aimed to criminalize its head Jordi Cuixart after his arrest
Jailed Catalans suspended as Spanish MPs
Puigdemont says Brussels win shows strength of independence cause
Honduran anti-graft mission probes ex-president over drug money
Welsh Independence Has Gone Mainstream
Bridgend Council threaten landlord with fine over Cofiwch Dryweryn ‘advertisement’
New book explores 15 centuries of Welsh literature
Welsh lessons for migrants and refugees ‘neglected’
Western Togoland Secessionists In USA Petitions UN Over Arrest, Brutality Of Members
Soldier Charged For Aiding Volta Secessionists
Central African Republic massacres leave more than 50 dead
Remote Togo village transformed by solar power
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Moldovan Pride march met by opposing groups
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Cook Islands targets gold standard for tuna products
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SNP call on BBC to refer itself to Ofcom to allow Question Time probe
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Rohingya refugee men join push to curb sexual violence
Thousands of Czechs protest for fourth week against justice minister
In Bosnia, women footballers play against the patriarchy
Gambia targets African tourists for more sustainable growth
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Iran Closes Assyrian Presbyterian Church in Tabriz
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NIA files charge sheet in Sikh militancy case
G. Bissau protesters call for March election winner to form government
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Botswana lifts ban on elephant hunting
Galician Literature Day, a celebration of language and culture
Somaliland celebrates independence amid lobbying for international recognition
China accuses U.S. for intervening in its relations with Dominican Republic
Albania government denies links to organised crime
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Malta named best European holiday destination for LGBT travellers
Bulgaria builds gas link to end full reliance on Russian gas
Ezidi radio presenter found in Syrian camp four years after ISIS kidnapping
Over 130 Yezidis resettle in France as part of new humanitarian initiative
PKK clash with Turkish forces in northern Erbil province
Nashville Schools To Offer Kurdish Language Classes
Turkish-backed militants kill Syrian Kurdish abductee in Afrin after blackmailing his family
IS Militants Target Kurdish Farmers in Disputed Iraqi Territories
Kurds are creating a state of their own in northern Syria
US House Committee presses to protect Kurds in Syria
Kurdish city returns to original name ‘Dersim,’ attracts Turkish ire
Kurd in Germany running in EU elections proud of her Kurdish identity
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