national holiday
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Thousands of people rallied in cities across Australia demanding justice and rights for Indigenous peoples on Monday, a national holiday marking the 1788 arrival of a British fleet in Sydney Harbour.
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Senegal eagerly awaited the return of its champions Monday, with streets decked out in banners and flags and the population given a national holiday following the country's thrilling Africa Cup of Nations win over Morocco.
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The law also outlaws discrimination based on ethnicity and designates an important Kurdish holiday, Nowruz, as a national holiday.
Just as I was served, fireworks streaked the sky over Port Hercule; no one had told me that it was Monaco’s national holiday.
The weekend in Iran begins on Thursday, and Saturday is a long-standing national holiday.
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