Articles for Land Day

Land Day: What happened in Palestine in 1976?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Land Day: What happened in Palestine in 1976?

Al Jazeera  

Every year on March 30, Palestinians hold protests and vigils and plant olive trees to reaffirm their connection to the land. Every year on March 30, Palestinians observe Land Day, or Yom al-Ard, recalling the events of March 30, 1976, when six unarmed Palestinians were killed and more than 100 injured by Israeli forces during protests against Israel’s confiscation of …

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Hemant Soren moves Supreme Court challenging ED arrest, will withdraw petition from high court
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Hemant Soren moves Supreme Court challenging ED arrest, will withdraw petition from high court

Hindustan Times  

Former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and the top court agreed to hear his petition on Friday. On Wednesday night, Hemant moved the Jharkhand high court against the ED arrest and his plea was scheduled to be heard by the high court on Thursday 10.30am. They know …

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Forget Barbie Land. Barbie's Best Day Ever was at Sydney's Pitt Street Mall
1 year, 5 months ago

Forget Barbie Land. Barbie's Best Day Ever was at Sydney's Pitt Street Mall

ABC  

Very little is known about the plot of the upcoming Barbie movie, but that has not stopped a crowd of people from turning up to Westfield at Sydney's Pitt Street Mall in the hope of catching a glimpse of stars Margot Robbie, America Ferrera, Issa Rae and director Greta Gerwig. "Seeing Barbie doing all these different jobs — so, you …

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Palestinians in Gaza call for right of return on Land Day
2 years, 8 months ago

Palestinians in Gaza call for right of return on Land Day

Al Jazeera  

Gaza City – Palestinians in Gaza gathered at the besieged territory’s seaport to mark Land Day, an event that emphasises Palestinian resistance to Israel. Maher Mezher, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attending the event, said that Land Day was part of a wider phenomenon of Palestinians, both inside Israel and in the occupied West …

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What is Mabo Day and why is it significant?
3 years, 6 months ago

What is Mabo Day and why is it significant?

ABC  

For more than 200 years, the Australian governments acted under the presumption that Australia belonged to no-one before colonisation. That legal concept, known as "terra nullius", stripped Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of their traditional rights to their lands and attempted to sever connections to cultures dating back 65,000 years. In 1974, while working as a gardener at James …

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Odisha Day 2021: Know the History of the Land of Lord Jagannath on Utkal Divas
3 years, 8 months ago

Odisha Day 2021: Know the History of the Land of Lord Jagannath on Utkal Divas

News 18  

April 1 is celebrated as Utkal Divas in the Indian state of Odisha. The state got its name from the Odra or Udra tribes that inhabited the central region of the present day Odisha. Odisha was a formidable political power during the rule of King Brahmadatta and was known as Kalinga sometime between the 6th and 4th century BCE. Odisha …

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