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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the US
1920 November 27: Belarus Heroes’ Day
1912 November 28: Albanian Flag Day/Declaration of Independence
1873 November 28: Hawaiian Independence Day
1960 November 28: Mauritania National Day
1821 November 28: Panama Independence Day
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
1966 November 30: Barbados Independence Day
November 30: Saint Andrew’s Day, Scotland’s official national day
1967 November 30: Yemen Independence Day
1st Sunday of December: Sindhi Culture Day
1961 December 1: Global Flag Raising for West Papua, West Papua National Day
1971 December 2: United Arab Emirates National Day
December 3: International Day of the Basque Language
1917 December 6: Finland Independence Day
1961 December 9: Tanzania Independence Day
1948 December 10: Human Rights Day
1981 Deceember 11: El Mozote massacre, El Salvador
1994 December 11: First Chechen War
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
1989 December 16: Romanian Revolution
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Trilingual dictionary for French Polynesia
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HDP fear for Selahattin Demirtaş’ life in Turkish prison
Trump Warms to Syria Kurds Again, Alarming Russia and Turkey
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HRW Urges Indonesia to Free Peaceful Papua Activists
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‘Anti-Islam’ Europe Is No Place for Azerbaijan, President Says
FIFA Broke Own Rules To Host Club World Cup In China
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Dominica and Grenada officials linked to diplomatic passport sale
Slovakia approves amendment extending ban on the publication of opinion polls
Benin Expels EU Ambassador After Accusing Him of ‘Interference’
Albania’s search for quake victims ends; death toll up to 51
Czech search engine was beating Google until recently
Abdulla Yameen: Maldives ex-leader convicted of money laundering
Costa Rica Oil Theft Reaches Record High in 2019
Baloch Activists Hold Anti-Pakistan Protest At UN Office In Geneva
Balochistan: Pakistan forces abduct 18 people including women and children from Awaran and Dera Bugti
Abduction of Baloch women a slap on face of parliamentary parties
Chinese elite police join Serbian units in first European drills
Germany’s AKK warns of Russian, Chinese influence in Balkans
Trump signs bill supporting Hong Kong protesters despite strong opposition from China
China bans US military visits to Hong Kong over human rights act
French couple seeking to adopt killed in Haiti
Tuvalu Parliament sessions go live
Bangladesh is deliberately blocking Rohingya refugee children from education
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Eurovision: Hungary pulls out of ‘too gay’ song contest
In Lebanon, financial collapse and security concerns loom
Political tension in Mauritania amid return of former leader
US senator visits home of imprisoned Bahrain rights activist
Spain expels a Moroccan for participating in Catalan independence marches
MEPs ask Commission to mediate on Catalonia issue
European Court decision on Oriol Junqueras’s immunity to be released December 19
Catalan lawyers take Spanish government to International Criminal Court over crimes against humanity during 2017 independence bid
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Spain’s Unionist prime minister must rely on pro-indy politicians
Catalonia and Flanders call for EU ‘integration’ mechanisms for ‘new independent states’
Influential Tamil poet Rudhramoorthy Cheran says Catalan Trial was ‘an attack on freedom of expression’
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Puigdemont ‘baffled’ by Canada’s refusal to grant him a visa
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University of Tartu marks 100 years of Estonian-language school
Vestments of Estonian bishop who died in Soviet prison returned to his cathedral
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UArctic Congress 2020 takes place in Reykjavik, Iceland from Oct 5-8, 2020
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Belgium retains year-end No. 1 spot in FIFA rankings
Qatari foreign minister’s Saudi visit seen easing Gulf rift
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EU parliament condemns Cuba’s detention of top dissident
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Tibetan Man Dies After Self-immolation Protest Against China
ICT calls on China to allow Tibetans to learn in their mother tongue
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Finns commemorate outbreak of Winter War
Sámi rapper Ailu Valle wins state art prize
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Scottish Gaelic lessons arrive online to mark St Andrew’s Day
China Has Lost Taiwan, and It Knows It
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