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This monthly
recap of February 2012 worldwide public holidays news and updates, covers all the countries
of the world, and is based on our daily review
of hundreds of online newspapers, government sites, and institutional sources,
and over a decade of experience following
worldwide public holidays, to place current events in context, and anticipate on
possible future changes.
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News Item Summary
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5-Feb-2012 |
Malta |
 Malta 2012 Bank Holidays Announced (Source: Malta Bankers Association-Valetta) - Summary: The Malta Bankers’ Association has released the list of bank holidays in Malta for the calendar year 2012, dates when banks in Malta will be closed in addition to the 2012 general public holidays. Links: full story and other Malta news and updates.
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5-Feb-2012 |
Vietnam |
 Vietnam 2013 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs-Hanoi) - Summary: The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the government of Vietnam has announced the official public holidays in Vietnam for the calendar year 2013. Links: full story and other Vietnam news and updates.
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4-Feb-2012 |
Liberia |
 Liberian Public Holidays Consolidation (Source: Liberia Broadcasting System-Monrovia) - Summary: A bill has been introduced in the Liberian House of Representatives to consolidate the various Liberian annual public holidays honoring past presidents into a single, Presidents' Day, public holiday on the last Monday in October. Links: full story and other Liberia news and updates.
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4-Feb-2012 |
Honduras |
 Honduras Considering February Public Holiday (Source: El Heraldo-Tegucigalpa) - Summary: The President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, has announced that he would ask the Legislative Assembly (Congreso Nacional) to declare February 3 as a new annual non-working public holiday in Honduras to coincide with the Día de la Virgen de Suyapa, Honduras' patron saint. Links: full story and other Honduras news and updates.
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3-Feb-2012 |
Pakistan |
 Pakistan Nationwide Public Holiday February 4 (Source: Associated Press Of Pakistan-Karachi) - Summary: Following yesterday's declarations of Saturday, February 4, 2012, as a one-off regional public holiday in four Provinces, many provinces of Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced that he had declared an additional nationwide public holiday on Saturday, February 4, 2012 (Rabi-ul-Awwal 11). Links: full story and other Pakistan news and updates.
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2-Feb-2012 |
Tunisia |
 Tunisian Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Moved (Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse-TAP) - Summary: Contrary to previous announcements, the date for the public holiday for the upcoming Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday) in Tunisia, has now been announced as being Saturday, February 4, 2012. Links: full story and other Tunisia news and updates.
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2-Feb-2012 |
West Bank and Gaza |
 Gaza Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday February 4 (Source: Maan News Agency-Gaza) - Summary: The Hamas Government of Palestine's Gaza Strip has announced that Saturday, February 4, 2012, would be the date of the upcoming public holiday for Prophet Mohammed's birthday. Links: full story and other West Bank and Gaza news and updates.
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2-Feb-2012 |
Nigeria |
 Nigerian Extra Public Holiday February 6 (Source: Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Nigeria-Abuja) - Summary: The Minister of Interior of the Federal Government of Nigeria, Abba Moro, has announced that an additional one-off day in lieu public holiday had been declared throughout Nigeria, on Monday, February 6, 2012, to compensate the fact that the upcoming public holiday for the Id-el-Maoulud (Prophet's Birthday) falls on a weekend in 2012. Links: full story and other Nigeria news and updates.
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2-Feb-2012 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan Regional Public Holidays February 4 (Source: Associated Press Of Pakistan-Karachi) - Summary: Following the recent announcement of the moving of the date of the upcoming birthday of the Prophet non-working public holiday to Sunday, February 5, 2012, the governments of the 4 Pakistani Provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pujab, and Sindh, have declared Saturday, February 4, 2012, as a one-off regional public holiday. Links: full story and other Pakistan news and updates.
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1-Feb-2012 |
Sudan |
 Sudan 2012 Prophet's Birthday Public Holiday Announced (Source: The Sudan News Agency-SUNA) - Summary: The Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Sudan has announced that the date of the upcoming Mulid (Prophet's Birthday) would be observed as a non-working public holiday throughout Sudan on Sunday, February 5, 2012. Links: full story and other Sudan news and updates.
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1-Feb-2012 |
Iraq |
 Iraq Public Holiday February 5 (Source: National Iraqi News Agency-NINA) - Summary: The General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers has announced that the date of the upcoming Prophet's Birthday non-working public holiday in Iraq would be Sunday, February 5, 2012. Links: full story and other Iraq news and updates.
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1-Feb-2012 |
Tuvalu |
 Tuvalu 2012 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Government of Tuvalu-Funafuti) - Summary: The government of Tuvalu has released the list of official non-working public holidays in Tuvalu for the calendar year 2012. Links: full story and other Tuvalu news and updates.
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1-Feb-2012 |
New Caledonia |
 New Caledonia 2012 Public Holidays Announced (Source: Medef Nouvelle-Calédonie-Nouméa) - Summary: The government of New Caledonia has released the official list of non-working public holidays (jours fériés chômés) for the calendar year 2012. Links: full story and other New Caledonia news and updates.
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1-Feb-2012 |
India |
 Indian Public Holiday March 3 in Goa (Source: Government of Goa-Panaji) - Summary: The government of the Indian State of Goa has announced that Saturday, March 3, 2012, would be a one-off statewide non-working public holiday on account of the upcoming polling day for the general election to the Goa state legislative assembly. Links: full story and other India news and updates.
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1-Feb-2012 |
Bahrain |
 Bahrain 2012 Prophet's Birthday Public Holidays Announced (Source: Bahrain News Agency-BNA) - Summary: Bahrain's Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, has issued a circular declaring Tuesday, February 4, 2012, as a public holiday to mark the birthday of Prophet Mohammed for the Islamic year 1433. Links: full story and other Bahrain news and updates.
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