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2017 October 1 Catalan Independence Referendum
1960 October 1: Cyprus Independence Day
1960 October 1: Nigeria Independence Day
1978 October 1: Tuvalu Independence Day
1958 October 2: Guinea Independence Day
1932 October 3: Iraq Independence Day
1966 October 4: Lesotho Independence Day
1991 October 8: Croatia Independence Day
1962 October 9: Uganda Independence Day
1968 October 12: Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
1492 October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
1991 October 18: Azerbaijan Independence Day
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‘Encouraging’ survey suggests rise in Welsh language speakers
Lloyds Bank reject Welsh cheque because it was ‘written in a foreign language’
Why Wales is known as the ‘Land of Song’
Tragedy of Crimean Tatar people repeating
Russia launches Crimean reactors with Siemens gas turbines sold in scam to avoid EU sanctions
Scottish poetry competition attracts the world
Unionists have made the Yes movement an unstoppable force
All Under One Banner Edinburgh: Tens of thousands take part in pro-independence march
A Decade After Financial Collapse, Iceland Faces a New Crisis
Iran executes four Baloch inmates in Birjand
Pakistan disappears at least 14 Baloch in the last several days
Taiwan Can Win a War With China
Palestine brings legal claim against US over Jerusalem embassy transfer
‘Referendum 2020’: Pro-Khalistan group to hold its next campaign event in Pakistan
Referendum to give Irish presidential vote to people in Northern Ireland
Brian O’Driscoll exclusive interview: How rugby in Ireland managed to transcend The Troubles
De-Sovereignization: Testing a Conflict-Resolution Model at Moldova’s Expense in Transnistria
Japan versus China in the South China Sea
Vietnam highlights ASEAN role in resolving South China Sea issues
Banks in Estonia Handled $1 Trillion in Flows Dwarfing Danske
Prominent Uyghur Intellectual Given Two-Year Suspended Death Sentence For ‘Separatism’
Uyghur Editor of State-Run Magazine Commits Suicide ‘Out of Fear’ of Detention
Xinjiang Authorities Secretly Transferring Uyghur Detainees to Jails Throughout China
Xinjiang Authorities Shutter Popular Restaurant Seen to Promote Uyghur Cultural Identity
China mounts publicity campaign to counter criticism on Xinjiang
Indonesia: The World Bank’s Failed East Asian Miracle
Indonesia hits out at Vanuatu at the UN over West Papua
Pacific leaders call out Indonesia at UN over West Papua
West Papuan Independence Leader considered for Freedom of Oxford
Mass arrests in Papua as UN meets
Seven Papuans killed in Indonesian military operation
NATO Defence Ministers concerned by Russia’s military build-up in the Black Sea region
Georgian woman abducted by occupants has been beaten, family says
Breakaway Tskhinvali Claims Detained Georgian Woman Feels Well
Russia Advises Abkhazia to Recognize Lugansk and Donetsk
Tibetan Villagers Forced From Their Homes in Chamdo’s Gonjo County
China turning Tibet airport into military airbase, building underground bomb-proof shelters
Central Tibetan Administration President visiting Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Finland
Former Tibetan political prisoner dead due to Chinese torture and neglect in jail
“Beijing has taken a sharp U-turn toward control and oppression,” US Vice President Mike Pence
China’s ambassador to the US says altitude—not restrictions—is keeping journalists out of Tibet
2018 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Yazidi Activist and Congolese Doctor
Kurd burns himself to death as Erdogan visits Berlin
Kurdish dispute is as old as Turkey itself
Prominent Syrian activist says Afrin facing ‘extreme demographic changes’
Iran executes five Kurds, among them a young woman sentenced as a teenager
Iran’s border guards shoot, kill Kurdish courier
Over 100 Kurds in Iran commit suicide in 6 months, many over poverty
Iran hands extra year in prison for men who fought with Kurds in Afrin
Torra sets November deadline for Spanish president to agree on Catalan self-determination referendum
Spain’s Supreme Court again rejects releasing 9 pro-independence leaders in pre-trial jail
41 MEPs wear yellow to demand release of Catalan leaders from jail
Spanish king takes on the Catalan government and makes no call for dialogue
Catalan president asks world leaders for mediation
Catalan government leaders pledge ‘unity’ until verdict of independence case
Catalan world-class soprano Montserrat Caballé dies at 85
Captain Cook statue to be removed from hill in New Zealand after Maori protests
Colonisation, racism main drivers of Māori in prisons
Travelers to New Zealand Could Face a $3,000 Fine for Refusing ‘Digital Strip Searches’
UN Invites Western Sahara Parties for New Talks in December
Housing in Czechia least affordable in Europe
Greenland PM Kielsen forms minority government to end political crisis
Gabon holds first vote since violence-marred 2016 election
Where is the Barents cooperation, wonders former reporter with Kola Sami Radio
Mi’kmaq-Basque conference joins two communities from opposite sides of the Atlantic
Violence against indigenous Brazilians increased in 2017
For Native American Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors, Justice is Elusive
Movie shines light on power of sport to heal wounds in Inuit community
Powerful Portraits of Indigenous Women of Siberia Aging Alone
Fresh violence in Kashmir exposes the need for diplomacy
South Sudan signs the 1951 Refugee Convention
‘Stop Harassment, Detentions Of Journalists,’ EU Lawmakers Tell Belarus
Overcoming a government crackdown on social media in Laos
Armenia’s “Revolution” Faces Its Biggest Test Yet
China And Russia Eye Mongolian Gas Route
Comoros’ embattled opposition facing crackdown
U.S. judge blocks TPS terminations for immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua
Tunisia extends state of emergency
Will China’s dominant position force others out of Djibouti?
Italy to Host Libya Conference in Sicily
Amazigh movement insists on their constitutional demands
Man at centre of Nobel Literature scandal convicted of rape
‘High treason’: Hungary, Ukraine in dispute over language laws
Rwanda’s new penal code bans cartoons that ‘humiliate’ public officials
Papua New Guinea’s polio outbreak claims its first fatality
Tension Flares in Kosovo Over Possible Land Swap With Serbia
Kosovo says slim chance for Serbia deal must be seized
A Journalist Has Been Deported From Nicaragua After Being Doxxed By An Online Mob
US Urges Cuba to Free Jailed Dissident on Hunger Strike
Kanak colours dropped at New Caledonia Congress
Valls optimistic about New Caledonia’s failure
Another opinion poll backs status quo in New Caledonia
French High Commission details implications of New Caledonia ‘yes’ vote
Police break blockade by Kanaks at New Caledonia nickel mine
Namibia follows SA with land reform pledge
Namibia pledges land reforms to boost black ownership
Austrian minister wants to ban Churchill’s ‘V for Victory’ sign
Erdoğan threatens Athens, Nicosia on Cyprus Independence Day
Madhesh: Many Hospitalised Due to Violence of Nepali Police in Nepalguni
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