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How to Write a Letter to Santa Claus
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1917 December 6: Finland Independence Day
1961 December 9: Tanzania Independence Day
1963 December 12: Jamhuri, Kenya Republic Day
1974 December 13: Malta Republic Day
1971 December 16: Bahrain National Day
1991 December 16: Kazakhstan Independence Day
1878 December 18: Qatar National Day
1961 December 19: Operation Trikora, New Guinea
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China ‘Is the Only One in the Race’ to Make Electric Buses, Taxis and Trucks
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Over 105,000 Russians resettled to Russian-occupied Crimea
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US sends warship into Ukraine’s Black Sea crisis
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Russian opposition gathers in Vilnius, supports Ukraine
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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa honors Hawaiian Independence Day
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China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources
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Tibetan youth immolates in Ngaba
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Sahrawi people reject all solution outside self-determination right
Xinjiang Authorities Holding Hundreds From Kyrgyz Village in ‘Political’ Re-education Camps
Central Asians Organize to Draw Attention to Xinjiang Camps
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Chinese internment camps are ‘torture centers worse than death,’ say survivors
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China ‘rejects German human rights delegation’s request’ to visit Xinjiang
Chinese Arabic school to close as areas with Muslim populations are urged to study the Xinjiang way
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The Blurring Boundaries Between Hong Kong and Mainland China
Hong Kong fears Trump will end city’s special trading status
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New Zealand China Scholar ‘Targeted’ by Beijing
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Microsoft sounds an alarm over facial recognition technology
Beijing may be ‘testing Tokyo’s resolve’ with drilling missions in contested parts of East China Sea
US warship challenges Russia claims in Sea of Japan
Hungarians protest against ‘slave law’ overtime rules
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MEPs call for release of Catalan political prisoners on hunger strike
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Exiled pro-independence activist interrupts speech by Spain’s foreign minister in Brussels
EU should allow Catalonia to be free
Police clash with pro-independence protesters during pro-Spanish unity rallies in Cataluña
Probe ordered after Catalan police charge at protesters
Council for the Republic working towards Catalan independence presented in Brussels
Barcelona chosen to head European sustainable mobility project
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Burundi Orders Closure of UN Human Rights Office
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Gambians embrace new freedoms with environment activism
Armenia’s Elections Test Its Democratic Credentials
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Hero In Ukraine, Hated In Belarus
Belarus officially labels 500,000 people ‘parasites’
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St. Petersburg Plaques Commemorating Soviet Purge Victims Ruled ‘Illegal’
Chechnya Earmarks $750,000 to Service Leader’s ‘Palace’
Moscow official appointed as new Makhachkala mayor
Inmates In Russia’s Far East Launch Hunger Strike To Protest Prison Conditions
The Russian Federation will disintegrate but not ‘just like the Soviet Union did’
US sees Macedonia in NATO in mid-2020 after name change deal
Amid crisis, Nicaragua’s cardinal becomes a reluctant national leader
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PM suggests Serbia could intervene if Kosovo sets up full army
Soccer player who fled Bahrain may be extradited after arrest in Thailand
Guatemalan father of slain North Carolina teen denied visa to attend her funeral
Bolivia’s Almost Impossible Lithium Dream
New scrutiny over Bolivian child labor after U.S. pledges aid cuts
Bolivia court allows President Morales to run for fourth term
European Union to open its third Gulf delegation in Kuwait amid mutual interests over Iraq, Qatar
Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free
Too Wild To Drill: journey to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in virtual reality
30 years broadcasting te reo Māori
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Indigenous comics push back against hackneyed stereotypes
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Adivasis march for an end to violence
Yezidi Nadia Murad bestowed Nobel Prize after raising genocide awareness
Over 90,000 Ezidis left Iraq, Kurdistan since 2014 Islamic State attack
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Finland’s flagship library Oodi opens to the public in Helsinki
Armagh representatives lobby Westminster parties on Irish Language Act
Sierra Leone disqualified from African Nations Cup
Latvian KGB files to be published online within next three weeks
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Black Hat Europe: You Can be Lucky if You’re the First to Be Attacked
Why is the EU paying its richest farmers more at the expense of those who most need support?
Lithuania imposes national sanctions on Russian Federation over aggression in Ukraine
If Brunei Takes China’s Energy Deal, Neighbors May Follow
Togo opposition accuses govt of ‘brutal’ crackdown after two killed in protests
Cameroon separatist leader goes on trial for ‘terrorism’
Russia warns Cyprus against allowing U.S. military to deploy there
Slovakia has expelled Russian diplomat for espionage
‘Peace Is Everything’: Ethiopia And Eritrea Embrace Open Border After Long Conflict
Czech Republic blames Russia for multiple government network hacks
Turkey court upholds conviction of prominent jailed Kurdish leader
Deposed Kurdish mayor to run again in upcoming Turkish local elections
EU Parliament refuses entry of veteran Kurdish politician
Iran arrests Kurdish Imam for criticizing border guards killing couriers
Iranian Kurds bury actor, filmmaker brothers killed in arson car fire
Syrian Kurds call on Germany to abolish YPG flag ban
Senior Syrian Kurdish official calls on US to implement no-fly zone to protect Kurds from Turkey
Is a peace deal between Turkey and the Syrian Kurds possible?
YPG spokesperson says Turkey wants to destabilize Syria’s northeast
Belgian PM set for minority after biggest ally quits coalition
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