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April 26th -May 2nd |
The world this week
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Monday April 26th
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Museums and Art Galleries |
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The world's Major Exhibitions Short list is likely to be announced this week
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Tuesday April 27th |
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200 National Celebrations around the World |
Fashion |
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National Resistance Day Slovenia
South Africa
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Start of
Spring/Summer 2010/2011 collections until May 1
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semi final 2nd leg today and tomorrow |
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Wednesday April 28th
Full Moon |
Music Festivals |
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Sport250 Top events |
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One of Europe's biggest jazz festivals until May3rd
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New Year festival for Theravada Buddhists. Three days
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Squash European Team Championship Aix-en-Provence, France Until May 1st
Artistic Gymnastics European Women's Team Championships Birmingham, England to until 2nd May
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Thursday April 29th |
200 National Celebrations around the World |
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Birthdays |
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Sport250 Top events |
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The start of 4 national holidays in Japan April 29 Emperor's Birthday May 3 Constitution Memorial Day May 4 Greenry Day
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From the world of movies Uma Thurman (1970) Michelle Pfeiffer (1958) Daniel Day-Lewis (1957) |
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Cricket Twenty20 World Championships West Indies until May 17th
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Friday April 30th
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200 National Celebrations around the World |
200 National Celebrations around the World |
100 Movies to watch out for |
Birthdays |
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Holland Koninginnedag Queens day
World's Greatest Festivals and Carnivals Orange Festival in Amsterdam |
Liberation Day Vietnam
Marks the day the Vietnam People’s Army captured Saigon in 1975 Also called Victory Day or Reunification Day
For some exiled Vietnamese it is the National Day of Infamy
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Freddy Krueger is back! Later release date in Europe |
Carl XVI Gusta King of Sweden (1946)
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A holiday in several countries when individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees
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Saturday May 1st
May's birthstone is the emerald
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Labour day or May Day
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Religious |
Opening of Expo 2010
A World Expo to the theme 'Better City – Better Life'
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Month Long Celebrations |
Club Soccer |
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The feast of St. Joseph |
Jewish American Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month (USA)
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Big game this weekend Liverpool v Chelsea
Last clash of the Premier's Big 4
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Mines |
Elections |
World's Greatest Horse Races |
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Tomorrow is the target date for removing all landmines from Nicaragua (extended by 1 year)
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Elections scheduled for May include Presidential in Colombia and Comoros, parliamentary in Ethiopia and parliamentary and presidential in Philippines
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Race for three year-olds that ends the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is the first leg of the United States Triple Crown. Held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
2000 Guineas The first of the English classics Newmarket, England
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Sunday May 2nd
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Nature and conservation |
Birthdays |
Club Soccer |
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spring is arriving in the northern hemisphere....
In May thousands of Sooty Terns start gathering for breeding in the Seychelles
Brown Bears start to congregate in their feeding areas north of Vancouver. |
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Stephen Harper PM of Canada (1959)
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Big game this weekend the clash of giants in Portugal FC Porto v Benfica
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The world this week
- further dates being added daily-
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