Kwanzaa is a week-long holiday that is celebrated around the world. It takes place between December the 26th and January the 1st every year. The holiday celebrates African culture and history. Kwanzaa started in 1966 in the U.S.A. It was the first ho

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I think Boxing Day is confusing for people who dont know much about Christmas. It is a strange name for a holiday. I bet many people think it is a time when people have a fight and punch each other. Well, its quite a bit different than that. Boxing D

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Hanukkah is one of the most important celebrations in the Jewish calendar. It means the Festival of Lights. It is an eight-day holiday that takes place each year in November or December. The festival is to celebrate a miracle that happened in the Sec

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The Islamic New Year, Al-Hijra, is celebrated by Muslims on the first day of the first month in the Islamic Calendar. This month is called Muharram. The exact day changes every year because the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the sol

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World Book and Copyright Day is on the 23rd of April every year. It is also called International Day of the Book or World Book Days. UNESCO started it in 1995 to promote reading, publishing and to raise awareness of and protect copyright. There are s

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Earth Day is an annual event that aims to inspire awareness of and appreciation for our environment. It was founded in 1969 by peace activist John McConnell. He introduced the idea of a global holiday called Earth Day at a UN conference on the enviro

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Armistice Day is on November the 11th every year. It commemorates the end of World War I on the 11th of November 1918. It was on this day that the Allies and Germany signed a ceasefire that was the beginning of the end of the Great War. Hostilities e

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Thanksgiving is a very American holiday. It is also called Thanksgiving Day. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year. It used to be a religious holiday to give thanks to God. There are two versions of the origins of this holida

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No Housework Day is one of those days you see on calendars on the Internet but dont know where it came from. It is always on April 7th. It is one day of the year when it is OK to do nothing in the house. Everybody has the day off from doing the house

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California has an awareness day that all countries around the world should have. It is Drowsy Driver Awareness Day and it happens on April 6 every year. Its aim is to raise awareness of the dangers of driving your car (or riding your motorcycle) for

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Conservation Group Sees Better Future for Two Kiwi Birds News about endangered species often worries people. But on December 5, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, had some good news. In publishing its yearly Red List of

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Koalas are officially listed as at risk of disappearing in New South Wales, Australia. Now, the states government has $34-million plan to protect the beloved animals. Koalas have large, hairy ears. They have especially sharp claws, which help them cl

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AS IT IS 2015-07-21 Activists: Abuse of Workers in FIFA World Cup Cities 人权分子:俄罗斯和卡塔尔需保护世界杯工人权益 Russia and Qatar are busy preparing for the next two FIFA World Cups. Activists say the two countries have human

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美国敦促印度保护美国外交官 WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Tuesday urged India to accord due protection to American diplomats as the South Asian nation was responding angrily to the arrest of an Indian diplomat in Ne

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Officials from around the world are meeting this week to discuss protecting the worlds oceans amid climate change and overfishing. The Global Oceans Action Summit for Food Security and Blue Growth is being held in The Hague. The summit runs through A

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Now for more on the topic, we are joined in the studio by my colleague Wu Haojun. Q1: Certainly some very appalling cases we've seen there, now what exactly is the proposed underage intervention mechanism and how does it intend to protect vulnerable

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The Americas 美洲 Protecting Wild Lives: Stand your ground beef 保护野生动物:坚守立场 Cows that are good at self-defense are also good for jaguars. 能自卫的牛也能抵御美洲豹。 Ranchers in Colombia's Meta department can be ve

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人类发展已经造成地球资源的紧张,但是约翰罗克斯特伦提醒我们,人类科学技术进步也使我们认识到这一切,并随之改变这种行为。他的研究发现了9大地球界限通过这个发现可以指引我们保

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最近天气异常,沙尘暴十分猖狂,甚至连南方城市也有了扬沙天气。那么作为娇滴滴的女孩子,我们要如何漂亮应对这样的天气呢?赶快来看看如何保护自己吧。 1,Reduce the time for outdoor activi

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1,Reduce the time for outdoor activities. 减少户外活动时间。 2,If you travel,try to avoid riding a bicycle. 如果出行尽量避免骑自行车。 3,Note to wear anti-dust clothes, masks, gloves and glasses, etc. 注意穿戴防尘土的衣服

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