Thousands to celebrate ANC's 96th year
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The new head of South Africa's ruling  ANC, Jacob Zuma, is expected to call for party unity on  Saturday in his first public address to the African National  Congress on its 96th anniversary.
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Forty government delegations will attend the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Poland, the Polish News Agency (PAP) reported on Wednesday.
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South Africans marked on Tuesday   the 70th birthday of controversial anti-apartheid heroine   Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who is re-emerging as a symbol for   leftists in the nation's divided ruling alliance.
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The Estonian National Opera is on the eve of its centennial anniversary a ' and the staff can hardly wait.
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There have been tense scenes outside parliament with thousands of people demonstrating for and against the Civil Union Bill. About 6,000 people took part in the Destiny Church &quot;Enough is Enough&quot; march against the bill through Wellington.
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A tribute concert paying homage to Bob Marley could take place on an annual basis in Africa, say organisers.
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Nearly 60,000 Protestants joined Orange Order marches in Northern Ireland to mark the anniversary of a historic victory over Catholic forces.
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African National Congress (ANC) head of presidency and spokesman Smuts Ngonyama has called for a code of conduct for the tripartite alliance, a move observers said could lead to a muzzling of dissent.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC, torn by the worst rift in its history, on Sunday began a conference expected to put controversial politician Jacob Zuma on track to become the country's next president.
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MORE than 500 people attended a celebration held at the Pakistan Club last night to mark the 128th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
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Australians are marking the first anniversary of the death of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.
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Hundreds gathered Sunday to remember the 49 lives lost when a Comair flight crashed shortly after takeoff a year ago.
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The Prince of Wales tonight commemorated the 60th anniversary of the epic Battle of Arnhem by calling on the young of today to never forget the sacrifices made by those who died.
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Michael Heaton, participates in the Million Worker March, near the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, in Washington. Hundreds of blue-collar workers gathered for the Million Worker March on Sunday, demanding
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The kingâs birthday is always a grand event, but this yearâs yearlong, nationwide celebration promises to take the proverbial (birthday) cake.
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Tens of thousands of people gathered on Tuesday for an anti-government rally in the Hungarian capital, a national holiday here to mark the 51st anniversary of the anti-Soviet uprising.
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About two million people are expected to attend the 43rd Notting Hill Carnival.