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World Holidays, July 2003
ALBANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ALGERIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ANDORRA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Three Kings Day
ANGOLA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 4: Martyrs of Colonial Repression Day
ANTIGUA and BARBUDA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ARGENTINA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ARMENIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: Extended New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Armenian Christmas
AUSTRALIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 26: Australia Day (Observed Jan. 27)
AUSTRIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
AZERBAIJAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 20: Day of the Martyrs
BAHAMAS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BAHRAIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BANGLADESH
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BARBADOS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 21: Errol Barrow Day
BELARUS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Orthodox Christmas
BELGIUM
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BELIZE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BENIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 10: Traditional Day
BOLIVIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday
Jan. 7: Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Jan. 14: New Year’s Day (Orthodox)
BRAZIL
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BRUNEI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BULGARIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
BURKINA FASO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 3: Anniversary of the 1966 Uprising
BURMA
Jan. 4: Independence Day
BURUNDI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CAMBODIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7-8: Victory Over Genocide Regime
CANADA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CAPE VERDE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 20: National Heroes’ Day
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CHAD
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CHILE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CHINA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
COLOMBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
COSTA RICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CROATIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
CYPRUS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
CZECH REPUBLIC
Jan. 1: Day of Restoration of Czech Independence
DENMARK
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
DJIBOUTI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
DOMINICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: Merchants’ Holiday
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
Jan. 21: Day of the Virgin of Altagracio
Jan. 26: Birthday of Juan Pablo Duarte
ECUADOR
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
EL SALVADOR
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ERITREA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ESTONIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
ETHIOPIA
Jan. 7: Christmas Day (Genna)
Jan. 19: Epiphany (Timkat)
FIJI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
FINLAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
FRANCE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
GABON
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
GAMBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
GEORGIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Christmas Day
Jan. 19: Epiphany
GERMANY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
GHANA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
GREECE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
GRENADA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
GUATEMALA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
GUINEA-BISSAU
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 20: Heroes Day
GUYANA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
HAITI
Jan. 1: Independence Day (1804)
Jan. 2: Ancestry Day
HONDURAS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
HUNGARY
Jan 1: New Year’s Day
ICELAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
INDIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 14: Makara Sankaranti
Jan. 14: Pongal
Jan. 21: Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday
Jan. 26: Republic Day
INDONESIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
IRELAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ITALY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
JAMAICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
JAPAN
Jan. 1-3: New Year’s Day (Shogatsu)
Jan. 13: Coming of Age Day (Seijin No Hi)
JORDAN
Jan. 30: King Abdullah II’s Birthday
KAZAKHSTAN
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday
KENYA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
KOREA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
KYRGYZSTAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Orthodox Christmas Day
LAOS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
LATVIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
LEBANON
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
LESOTHO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
LIBERIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
LIECHTENSTEIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: St. Berchtold’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
LITHUANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
LUXEMBOURG
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MADAGASCAR
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MALAWI
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 15: John Chilembwe Day
MALAYSIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MALTA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MAURITANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MEXICO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MICRONESIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MOLDOVA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Jan. 8: Second Christmas Day (Orthodox)
MONGOLIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
MOROCCO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 11: Independence Manifesto Day
MOZAMBIQUE
Jan . 1: New Year’s Day
NAMIBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
NETHERLANDS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
NEW ZEALAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: Day After
New Year’s Day
NICARAGUA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
NIGER
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
NIGERIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
NORWAY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
OMAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
PALAU
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
PANAMA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 9: Martyrs’ Day
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
PARAGUAY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Three Kings Day
PERU
Jan. 1: New Year’s DayPHILIPPINES
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
POLAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
PORTUGAL
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
RUSSIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Russian Orthodox Christmas
RWANDA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ST. KITTS and NEVIS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 2: Carnival
ST. LUCIA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday
ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SENEGAL
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SEYCHELLES
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday
SIERRA LEONE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SINGAPORE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SLOVAKIA
Jan. 1: Origin of the Slovak Republic
Jan. 6: Epiphany
SLOVENIA
Jan. 1-2: New Year’s Holiday
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SOUTH AFRICA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SPAIN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
SUDAN
Jan. 1: Independence Day
SWAZILAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SWEDEN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: 13th Day of Christmas
SWITZERLAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
SYRIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
TANZANIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 12: Zanzibar Revolution Day
THAILAND
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
TOGO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 13: Liberation Day
Jan. 24: Economic Liberation Day
TONGA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
TUNISIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
TURKEY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
TURKMENISTAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 12: Memory Day
UGANDA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
UKRAINE
Jan. 1: New Year
Jan. 7: Christmas Day (Orthodox)
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
UNITED KINGDOM
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
URUGUAY
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Children’s Day
UZBEKISTAN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 7: Christmas Day
VENEZUELA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 6: Epiphany
VIETNAM
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
Jan. 31: Eve of Tet
YEMEN
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ZAMBIA
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
ZIMBABWE
Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
