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1992 February 26: Khojaly Massacre
2014 February 27: Russia’s annexation of Crimea
1844 February 27: Dominican Republic Independence Day
1976 February 27: Proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1947 February 28: 2.28 Incident in Taiwan
1992 March 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina Independence Day
589 March 1: Saint David’s, National Day of Wales
1878 March 3: Liberation Day in Bulgaria
March 5: St Piran’s Day, the national day in Cornwall
1991 March 5: Kurdish National Uprising in Iraq
1957 March 6: Ghana, 1st sub-Saharan African country to become independent from colonial rule
1944 March 8: Mass deportation of the Balkar people by Stalin’s Soviet Union
1959 March 10: Tibetan National Uprising Day
1990 March 11: Day of Re-Establishment of Lithuania’s Independence
1968 March 12: Independence Day in Mauritius
2005 March 13: Tunisian National Day of Internet Freedom
1855 March 14: International Circassian Language Day
1801 March 14: Mother Tongue Day in Estonia
461 March 17: Saint Patrick’s Day, Ireland
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China’s overkill on Tibet keeps backfiring
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Navajo Nation issues new emergency drought declaration
Honduras Arrests Alleged Mastermind Behind Berta Caceres’ Murder
When Native Americans Were Slaughtered in the Name of ‘Civilization’
Guaraní-Kaiowá: When Racism and Assimilation Puts an End to Childhood
‘Hong Kong is not China’ design studios to halt operations in March
How do you say ‘Happy St David’s Day’ in Welsh?
GPs and dentists will be exempt from Welsh language rules
St. David’s Day. Here’s What to Know About Wales’ National Day
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Chaos lends boost to Amazigh reawakening in Libya
Behind Benin’s cotton harvest, worries over ‘monopoly’
Uganda govt wants more representation for minority groups
Finland becomes most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment
Baloch pro-freedom groups to work unitedly
Baloch youth tortured to death
What is St Piran’s Day and how to say Happy St Piran’s Day in Cornish
Wedding singers arrested for singing in Kurdish
Iraq extends flight ban by 3 months for Kurdistan
Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim arrested in Prague on Turkey’s request
Czechs release Syrian Kurdish politician, angering Turkey
UN chief Guterres criticized for accepting Syria in Decolonization Committee top post
Why are world leaders backing this brutal attack against Kurdish Afrin?
People across Kurdistan Region protest ongoing Turkish attacks on Afrin
“Today Afrin, tomorrow Manbij”, Erdogan says
No murder charges in case which ended Turkish-Kurdish peace process
Turkey Hands Suspended Jail Sentences to Three Academics Over Kurdish Letter
Kirkuk to hold provincial elections for the first time in 13 years
KRG on 27th anniversary of uprising: Will of Kurdistan’s people cannot be ignored
Norwegian emigration ‘higher than during era of migration to USA’
Films for Lithuanian Statehood Restoration Centenary
Fred Frederikse: Don’t mess with the Corsicans
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Visits Vietnam For The First Time Since The War
Tuareg militias battle Islamic State-loyal militants in northern Mali
U.S. Plans to Move Embassy to Jerusalem on Israel’s 70th Independence Day
Kersti Kaljulaid: A small country has only one natural resource – between our ears
Literature from Estonia: 16 Books to Get You Started
Orbán says migrants are like gypsies, but migrants are worse because they come from outside Hungary
Czech memorial to Romani genocide desecrated with pig’s head
Taiwan Independence referendum launched, backed by former presidents
Another ‘punished people’ documented – the Kola Norwegians destroyed by Stalin
Russian ‘mercenary’ gets state award from Putin for fighting in Donbas
Russia’s “ghost” armies and the “heroes of the Russian spring” in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Stolen History, Stolen Culture
Ukraine marks Day of Resistance to Occupation of Crimea
Nineteen people missing in Russian-occupied Crimea
Three Pussy Riot Members Detained In Crimea
Ukraine to protect Crimean residents at UN Human Rights Council – Poroshenko
Join in Solidarity with Oleg Sentsov & other victims of Russia’s occupation of Crimea
Nuclear Threat Moves to Crimea
Crimean Tatar woman attacked for protesting Russia’s destruction of 16th century Khan’s Palace
Crimean Tatar Activist Suleyman Kadyrov Defiant In Face Of Ban On ‘Public Activities’
Russian Authorities ‘Scared,’ Says Convicted Crimean Tatar Activist Suleyman Kadyrov
Arrests with torture of ‘witnesses’ in Russian-occupied Crimea
We must protect Crimea’s human rights defenders
Hurricane-hit Antigua and Barbuda to vote early
Pro-separatist Sikh Canadians praise Trudeau, slam Indian government and PM Modi
Sikh activism in Canada is not the Khalistani extremism of decades past
Australian actor on learning Irish to star in Black 47 Famine movie
Stormont officials say ‘no funding’ for north’s Irish language networks
Boris Johnson rounded-on by Irish politicians for saying Irish border is like Camden and Westminster
Switzerland has perfect way to deal with language barriers
Lombardy enterprise rises above Italy’s economic crisis
Elections talk brewing in Cook Islands
French Polynesia sinks floating island project
Marshall Islands to be first to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency
Igbo groups gather at Ojukwu’s home, insist on Biafra
Biafra: No politician in Buhari’s govt is more popular than Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB
Nigeria: Opinion poll shows overwhelming Igbo majority wants Biafra
New Zealand risks becoming a “strategic nincompoop” as China woos tiny Pacific islands
New Zealand’s National Party chooses indigenous Maori leader
Strong sense of cultural identity drives boom in Māori business
Bulgaria, Romania, Converging With EU Only ‘Structurally’
The Long-Running Headache of Minority Rule in Ethiopia
Eighty-eight MPs rebel as Ethiopia parliament ratifies state of emergency
Gang rapes and beheadings: U.N. details South Sudan horrors, blames government and rebels
UN warns that South Sudan faces new famine
More reliable internet connectivity to people of Palau
New airport terminal opens in Tuvalu
Burundi not ready for elections, United Nations says
Serbian FM offered arms to Burundi in exchange for revoking Kosovo recognition
‘Big Data’ Predictions Spur Detentions in China’s Xinjiang: Human Rights Watch
Call From Blacklisted Number Lands Uyghur Woman in Political Re-Education Camp
China upset as Interpol removes wanted alert for exiled Uighur leader Dolkun Isa
US-based Uighur journalist Gulchehra Hoja says China detained 20 relatives
Religion and politics in the Middle East: Is Kuwait showing the way ahead?
Armenia Scrapping Protocols To Normalize Relations With Turkey
Slovak Investigative Reporter, Girlfriend Killed
Macedonians Protest Name Change As PM Offers Greece Options
Montenegro To Open Two New Negotiating Chapters With EU
Switzerland Is the Best Country in the World, Says 2018 Best Countries Report
Tonga police charge charge former PM in passport inquiry
20-Plus Insurers, Banks & Fund Firms Select Luxembourg as Post-Brexit HQs
Lesotho: Deputy Health Minister embroiled in drug-smuggling scandal
Slovenia appoints its first female deputy army chief
Why we have lessons to learn from Moldova
Why This Poor Country Has the World’s Best Internet
Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine Decry Russian Presence
EU ‘gravely concerned’ at death in custody in South Ossetia
10 Years After Putin’s Invasion, Russia Still Occupies Parts of Georgia
Abkhazian ‘residency permit’ enforced by threat of cutting off pensions
Are Eritrea government spies posing as refugee interpreters?
How Oman’s Dhofar region doubled for the Red Planet
US Embassy in Cuba to reduce staff indefinitely after ‘health attacks’
Sierra Leone: Can the “Lion Mountain” Ever Roar Again?
Sierra Leone 2018 general elections: Background to fifth polls since 1996
Ocean warming threatens to drown Costa Rica’s whale tourism
Albania’s Chams want Greek apology for wartime expulsion
Wife of ex-president of Honduras arrested on graft charges
Security guards working at Trump’s luxury hotel in Panama turn violent
Lawmakers question Trump ties to Panama project linked to laundering, trafficking
Maldives opposition protesters arrested after court validates emergency rule
China’s ocean observation station at Maldives not a submarine base
Death Toll Climbs as Aftershocks Rattle Earthquake-Hit Papua New Guinea
Kashmir villagers fleeing bullets from two nations
Russian Billionaire linked to Trump, Manafort Has New Cyprus Passport
How To Start a New Country … the timeline for an independent Scotland (Part I)
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EU nationals ‘to lose their right to vote in post-Brexit indyref2’
Nicola Sturgeon leads poll of ‘Britain’s most influential women
Spray-Painting For Putin in the Komi Republic
Tatar political prisoner Rafis Kashapov: I will continue to denounce Russia’s criminal government
In Chechnya, a new ski resort can’t overshadow accusations of human rights abuses
Dagestan: A Return to the Empire?
New Circassian scholarship — between homeland and diaspora
What’s With the New Cambodia Military Drills Near Laos?
Juncker: Normalisation deal with Kosovo is key for Serbia’s EU bid
Uproar as Rwanda to shut 700 churches over safety, hygiene
Namibia to Ready Black-Ownership Law by Year-End, President Says
Calls to set a date and question for independence vote in New Caledonia
Leading anti-slavery activist Biram Ould Abeid arrested in Mauritania
Botswana blames Congo’s humanitarian crisis on Kabila
English FA charges Guardiola for political Catalonia ribbon
Pep Guardiola’s jet searched for ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont
Protests greet King Felipe of Spain at Mobile World Congress 2018
‘Political prisoners’ artwork disallowed in Madrid to go on display in Lleida
Pep Guardiola vows to keep wearing Catalan yellow ribbon
Lawyers call for investigation into Spain’s human rights infringements in Catalonia
Madrid threatens more direct rule if jailed Jordi Sànchez becomes Catalan president
Foreign tourist spending increases by 11% in January
Case against Catalan independence extended up to 18 months
Puigdemont gives way to jailed Jordi Sànchez as president
Jobless numbers in Catalonia fall in February
Court sentences Catalan rapper Pablo Hasél to 2 years in prison for lyrics and tweets
Puigdemont v Spain: Catalan president takes case to UN human rights committee
Spain ‘will not consent’ to swearing in Sànchez from prison
CUP not to vote for Sànchez as Catalan president
78% of business executives in Catalonia foresee sales increase in 2018
Parliament speaker proposes Jordi Sànchez as presidential candidate
Sànchez calls for unity from jail
Low trust in justice system, political parties; crime main concern of Maltese
El Salvador’s military not opening archives for missing kids
The ‘silent massacre’ killing El Salvador’s sugarcane workers
Equatorial Guinea drops charges against anti-govt cartoonist
Equatorial Guinea court bans opposition party, jails activists
A helicopter bank robbery helps explain why cash is dying in Sweden
How Sweden’s startups became Europe’s digital vikings
Mauritius pitches itself as African gateway to Indian investors
Liberia’s stress test for democracy
Icelandic language battles threat of ‘digital extinction’
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Hmong: Preserving Identity Through Cultural Heritage
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