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Is the writing on the wall for the whole of Sudan? The referendum, by the people of southern Sudan, which is due to take place on Sunday, 9 January 2011, is momentous. On this day, the comprehensive peace agreement runs out on its sixth anniversary, and..
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Tens of thousands of people are pouring back into Southern Sudan in anticipation the region will choose independence in a referendum next month. The Jan. 9 vote could...
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Thats a weired subject and for most of us Boring... Its just a Public Holiday to enjoy an assured late moring sleep. In fact some of my collegues (that includes me) had...
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Celebrations have been taking place in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, to mark the country’s bicentenary.
A large parade included the military and different...
made popular Apr 20 2010
What is there to celebrate in Zimbabwe on Sunday? Thirty years of Mugabe’s destructive rule? Hardly a cause for celebration…
If anything, it will be ZANU PF...
made popular Apr 16 2010
Here we go again. Mugabe on the subject of independence and sovereignty. And, as usual, Mugabe makes all manner of provisions and caveats as he seeks to mislead the...
made popular Jan 20 2010
Tamils of Sri Lankan origin across Canada overwhelmingly voted “yes” on a referendum held Saturday calling for an independent homeland in the island...
made popular Dec 21 2009
A smattering of villages and towns in rich, independence-minded Catalonia gave a lukewarm embrace to the idea of breaking away from Spain in a rare vote Sunday at the...
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Morocco celebrated yesterday, the 54th anniversary of its Independence. This anniversary is a an occasion to recall all the Moroccans’ sacrifices, mainly king...
made popular Nov 19 2009
Nobody summed up Uganda’s “independence” from British rule better than the Kabaka of Buganda who called it a “waste”. He is quoted in the...
made popular Oct 12 2009
A soul who always carried the vision of a unified nation, an individual who left the British baffled by his display of non violence and someone who initiated the...
made popular Oct 3 2009
“Jinnah-Jaswant, Bhai Bhai” seems to be new slogan since Jaswant Singh sings a new song on Mohamed Ali Jinnah, Father of Pakistan eulogizing him in new political...
made popular Aug 20 2009
The people who dub “secularism” as “pseudo-secularism” find repose in Mohammad Ali Jinnah when they decide to establish their secular...
made popular Aug 19 2009
Secular Martyrs of India
The Muslim names like “Ahmadulla” may be strange but are so sublime and solemn are resting in peace now but they neither knew any...
made popular Aug 17 2009
By Abhishek Pandey
India celebrated its 62nd Independence Day with pride. Is it really a matter of pride? Of course, yes. Many freedom fighters lost their lives to set...
made popular Aug 17 2009
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and freedom. A moment comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the...
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This Saturday, the 19th of April 2009, Zimbabwe will be 29 years old. It should be a cause for celebration, but instead it is an excuse for the ZANU PF Mutual...
made popular Apr 15 2009
A traditional frontier of Eastern resistance towards counter-traditional Western influence, the Ukraine exemplifies a perfect platitude of supposedly balanced on-moment...
made popular Apr 3 2009
Almost one hundred years ago Mexican President Porfirio Diaz bathed in self pity lamented our nation’s economic demise by giving the now famous quote:
¡Pobre...
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I remember very well that Day of UHURU on Oct 9, 1962I remember seeing the celebrationsand though I was young and in primary schoolbut I remember seeing the British...
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In sixty years of Independence, India has come a long way. The country has carved a niche for itself in the field of information technology, which has thrown open a...
made popular Aug 21 2008
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Serbia on Friday formally submitted a request for an advisory ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Kosovo’s unilateral...
made popular Aug 18 2008
Throughout the centuries there were men
who took first steps down new roads
armed with nothing but their own vision
- Ayn...
made popular Aug 14 2008
Government orders IT/BT/BPO sectors to declare holiday for all the employees on 15th August as a part of “Independence day” celebrations. They even threaten to take...
made popular Aug 14 2008
Despite Georgia’s call for ceasefire, the Russian airstrikes are showing no signs of abatement. The bitter conflict over South Ossetia is escalating with Russia...
made popular Aug 11 2008
I like celebrating the Independence Day in New York City!
Unlike Christmas, this day is really a whole-nation holiday as even the most separately-feeling self-locked...
made popular Jul 4 2008
1. As a result of China’s policy of population transfer, the non-Tibetan population has increased many times, reducing Tibetans to an insignificant minority in...
made popular Mar 13 2008
# Support for Scottish independence has increased, with four in 10 Scots saying they would back it.
# Kosovo is gearing up for full independence, expected early in...
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An Israeli man hangs Israeli flags at a junction in preparation for Independence Day in Tel Aviv, Friday, April 24, 2009. Israel will mark the 61st anniversary of the founding of the state in 1948 on Wednesday.
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