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Angola Adds 4 New Public Holidays (Source: Diário da República-Luanda) - Summary: Angola's parliament has approved the "Lei nº 7/03, de 21 de Março 2001",which adds 4 new annual public holidays in Angola. Links: full story and other Angola news and updates.
Mauritania Changes Weekends To Friday/Saturday (Source: Journal Official de la République Islamique de Mauritanie-Noakchott) - Summary: Mauritania's Ministry of Labour (Ministère de la Fonction Publique, du Travail, de la Jeunesse et des Sports) has published Decree N° 2001-014, setting the weekly days of rest back to Saturday/Sunday, effective Friday, March 16, 2001. Links: full story and other Mauritania news and updates.
Iran 2001-2002 Public Holidays (Source: Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation-IRANDOC) - Summary: Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly has approved the list of official public holidays in Iran for the Persian year 1384, running from March 2001, to March 2002. Links: other Iran news and updates.
Rwanda Declares March 13 Electoral Public Holiday (Source: The East African) - Summary: The government of Rwanda has declared a public holiday, on Tuesday, March 13, 2001, to enable the 3.4 million registered voters cast their ballots. Links: other Rwanda news and updates.
Uganda Public Holiday March 12 (Source: Radio Uganda-Kampala) - Summary: Uganda's Minister of public service has announced that Monday, March 12, 2001, had been declared a one-off public holiday to allow the employees of government and other organizations to participate in that day's presidential election. Links: full story and other Uganda news and updates.
Saint Helena Amends Public Holidays Legislation (Source: Attorney General of Saint Helena-Jamestown) - Summary: The Government of Saint Helena has gazetted the "Ordinance 2 of 2001" which amends the Public Holidays Ordinance (Ordinance 9 of 1945, Chapter 158) which governs the occurence and observation of non-working public holidays in Saint Helena. Links: full story and other Saint Helena news and updates.
Mauritania Eid al-Adha Public Holiday March 6 (Source: Journal Officiel de la République Islamique de Mauritanie-Noakchott) - Summary: Mauritania's President has issued Decree 053-2001 which declares Tuesday, March 6, 2001, the day after the El Id Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday, as a one-off public holiday in Mauritania. Links: full story and other Mauritania news and updates.
Angola Adds 4 New Public Holidays (Source: Diário da República-Luanda) - Summary: Angola's parliament has approved the "Lei nº 7/03, de 21 de Março 2001",which adds 4 new annual public holidays in Angola. Links: 
Mauritania Changes Weekends To Friday/Saturday (Source: Journal Official de la République Islamique de Mauritanie-Noakchott) - Summary: Mauritania's Ministry of Labour (Ministère de la Fonction Publique, du Travail, de la Jeunesse et des Sports) has published Decree N° 2001-014, setting the weekly days of rest back to Saturday/Sunday, effective Friday, March 16, 2001. Links: 
Iran 2001-2002 Public Holidays (Source: Iranian Research Institute for Scientific Information and Documentation-IRANDOC) - Summary: Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly has approved the list of official public holidays in Iran for the Persian year 1384, running from March 2001, to March 2002. Links: 
Rwanda Declares March 13 Electoral Public Holiday (Source: The East African) - Summary: The government of Rwanda has declared a public holiday, on Tuesday, March 13, 2001, to enable the 3.4 million registered voters cast their ballots. Links: 
Uganda Public Holiday March 12 (Source: Radio Uganda-Kampala) - Summary: Uganda's Minister of public service has announced that Monday, March 12, 2001, had been declared a one-off public holiday to allow the employees of government and other organizations to participate in that day's presidential election. Links: 
Saint Helena Amends Public Holidays Legislation (Source: Attorney General of Saint Helena-Jamestown) - Summary: The Government of Saint Helena has gazetted the "Ordinance 2 of 2001" which amends the Public Holidays Ordinance (Ordinance 9 of 1945, Chapter 158) which governs the occurence and observation of non-working public holidays in Saint Helena. Links: