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This year is the second year that the Chinese government has granted workers a day off for the traditional festival. The holiday falls on May 28 but an extension day off will be granted to some on May 29. Folks will start getting things ready to make zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice steamed inside a bamboo leaf. Chinese people eat zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival as commemoration to the legend behind the festival.

There are small celebrations on the mainland, but Hong Kong is a great place to take part in Dragon Boat Festival activities. Read more about the festival in Hong Kong from Hong Kong Guide, Rory Boland.

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The 2009 UEFA Champions League Final will be the final match of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, the 54th season of the UEFA Champions League football tournament and the 17th since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup. The match is to be played at the 72,698-capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the home of Roma and Lazio, on 27 May 2009, for the fourth time following 1977, 1984 and 1996.

The match will be contested by Barcelona and holders Manchester United, who are the first defending champions to reach the final since Juventus in 1997, and will be looking to be the first team to retain the European Cup since Milan in 1990. This is the fifth year in a row in which the final involves at least one English team.

You can read more from UEFA's official website here and get the live video of the final from that website.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO Newrail
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The Great Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, won its independence from Britain to turn free of the English Mandatory Power in May 25, 1946.

This historical day is one of the most important days in Jordan History, as gaining independence is the 1st foundation step to build a safe and great country as we have now, within 63 years of Pride and Honor, Jordan leaded by the founder King Abdullah I, King Talal Bin Abdullah, King Hussein Bin Talal (may God rest their souls in peace) and up to the latest current King of Jordan His Majesty King Abdullah II, all were and still leading Jordan in the same great political style to succeed to survive being the safest country in the most dangerous areas on earth in the middle of Middle East, besides achieving numerous achievements on different political, economic, social, cultural and services sides.

Ref: www.ranithebrainy.com

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The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the constitution[1] of Germany. It was formally approved on May 8, 1949 and, with the signature of the Allies, came into effect on May 23, 1949 as the constitution of West Germany.

The German word Grundgesetz may be translated as either Basic Law or Fundamental Law (Grund is cognate with the English word ground). The term Verfassung (constitution) was not used, as the drafters regarded the Grundgesetz as a provisional constitution for the provisional West German state and would not prejudice the decisions of a future reunified Germany to adopt a constitution. Shortly after its adoption, the East German Soviet occupation zone was transformed into the communist German Democratic Republic (GDR) with its own constitution.

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Mary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) (pronounced [kəˈsæt]) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists.

Cassatt often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.

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A team of researchers Tuesday (May 19th 2009) unveiled an almost perfectly intact fossil of a 47 million-year-old primate they say represents the long-sought missing link between humans and apes.

Officially known as Darwinius masillae, the fossil of the lemur-like creature dubbed Ida shows it had opposable thumbs like humans and fingernails instead of claws.

Scientists say the cat-sized animal's hind legs offer evidence of evolutionary changes that led to primates standing upright - a breakthrough that could finally confirm Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

Another good coverage of this event can be read here.

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Different countries celebrate Mother's Day on various days of the year because the day has a number of different origins.

One school of thought claims this day emerged from a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of Greek gods. This festival was held around the Vernal Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March (15 March) to 18 March.

The ancient Romans also had another holiday, Matronalia, that was dedicated to Juno, though mothers were usually given gifts on this day.

In addition to Mother's Day, International Women's Day is celebrated in many countries on March 8.

The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis as a day for each family to honor their mother, and it's now celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Father's Day, the celebration honoring fathers.

This holiday is relatively modern, being created at the start of the 20th century, and should not be confused with the early pagan and Christian traditions honoring mothers, or with the 16th century celebration of Mothering Sunday, which is also known as Mother's Day in the UK.

In most countries the Mother's Day celebration is a recent holiday derived from the Mothering Sunday holiday in the UK.

It is celebrated in the United States each year on the second Sunday of May.

In Malaysia and some other countries, Mother's Day is celebrated today, 10th May 2009. You can find the dates for other countries here.
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in
southwest London, England. The director is Professor Stephen D. Hopper, who
succeeded Professor Sir Peter Crane. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is also the
name of the organisation that runs Kew Gardens and Wakehurst Place gardens in
Sussex. It is an internationally important botanical research and education
institution with 700 staff and an income of £56 million for the year ended 31
March 2008, as well as a visitor attraction receiving almost 2 million visits in
that year. The gardens are a non-departmental public body sponsored by the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Created in 1759.

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