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Dear Readers!We have moved to http://breakingperceptions.com/

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Dreams for Kids is proud to celebrate its 21st Anniversary! Here at DFK, our mission is to empower at-risk youth and those with disabilities through dynamic leadership programs and life-changing activities that inspire them to fearlessly pursue their dreams and compassionately change the world. Our journey began on Christmas Eve, 1989, in a tiny room of a small homeless shelter in Chicago and

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What are your thoughts on this?

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We just thought you should see this! It is an excellent poem, it really makes you think. What do you think?

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THE POWER OF ONE IS THE POWER TO DO SOMETHING......ANYTHING

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In February this year I was disgusted to read that Boris Johnson, the current Mayor of London, had slashed funding for big multi-cultural events while putting £100,000 into a new venture to celebrate America. Here is a portion from the Guardian report:Figures seen by the Guardian show that the London mayor cut funding for Black History Month, a series of events staged in October to celebrate

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Clarity is defined as clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity. In other words, the message should be clear and concise. In the spirit of Breaking Perceptions, I have decided to educate you on this. Apparently, banks have been lacking this thing we call clarity. Many banks around the world play on different aspects of clarity. In fact, some

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"As we travel life's long road We meet and make new friends. And even though the friends may go The friendship never ends." ~Kunal Badlani

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I can remember the exactly where I was at on Sep. 11, 2001. I was in elementary school where there was an unimaginable silence in the air. My teacher came from a staff meeting in regards how to successfully deliver such news to young students. My teacher then told us that the World Trade Centers in New York City was been crashed into. I was not really affected by it, primarily because I did not

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Due to the recent events, we have decided to post this in reminder of our humanity:

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"We are rightly appalled by the genetic effects of radiation; how then, can we be indifferent to the same effect in chemicals we disseminate widely in our environment?"~Rachel Carson

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The small town of Kolotar, Hungary has been devastated by a chemical spill from a nearby industrial plant. The thing that has some many people worried is the fact that the chemicals are toxic to human health. The sludge consists of Iron oxide, Aluminium oxide, Silicon dioxide, Calcium oxide, Titanium dioxide, and Oxygen-bonded sodium oxide.Iron oxide: Gives the sludge its reddish colorAluminium

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Black History 365 describe themselves as the premier all year round independent comprehensive portal; Celebrating and highlighting Caribbean and African activities, with profiles, articles and news plus an Amazon Store with a range of DVD’s, Books, Music and much much more. They were also Winner of the Black Heritage Awards 2007. They raise awareness of campaigns going on across the UK which

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Every October in Britain is Black History Month where people take the time to remember the important events and people in Black history. It is also a time of raising awareness about the current issues in the black community and what we need to do to resolve them.Over this month we will have one post a day celebrating Black History Month. There will be posts on past events, great figures, events

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Indian Proverb: Who is blind? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich? He who is happy with his lot.

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Confucius was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher who continues to have a profound effect on politics and philosophy thousands of years after his death. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. Confucius sought to build a great, harmonious and humanistic society. Confucius's works are studied by scholars in

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The fat Southern American couple that can't pronounce the names of the sights. The Japanese tourist group avidly taking photos of everything. The hippy travelling students that leave mess and noise in their wake. Tourist stereotypes are extremely common, often being endorsed in films and advertisements. But there is a darker side to these stereotypes that many of us don't realise.Let's take a

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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.Barack Obama

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Google has released a new transparency report which shows the censorship levels around the world by detailing how often countries requested data or removal from Google and Youtube. You can also click on an individual country to see the removal requests which were complied with. There is also a traffic graph which, according to the website, "visualizes disruptions in the free flow of information,

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This is the exact site of the World Trade Center that were flown into on Sep. 11. On Sep. 11, 2010 I took a trip to New York to see the crowd and experience the atmosphere. I must tell you that it was really interesting.Right now, I am looking for some insight from our readers. I would like to know what do these picture say to you?Image: 1 * The site of the World Trade Center. Image: 2 *Two of

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In 2007 the TV reality show Britain's Got Talent, created by Simon Cowell, was aired for the first time. Anyone across Britain had a chance to audition their talent, whatever it may be, to the three judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan. At any time during the audition, the judges may show disapproval to the act by pressing a buzzer which lights a large red X on the stage. If all

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Today is...National Day in the Cape Verde Islands

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Today marks the date of Sep. 11. This is the date that the World Trade Center in America were crashed into. This day will be forever maarked in America's history. Muslims all around the world are tuning into America to see if their Holy book the Qu'ran would be burned. If this occurs it will be a true disappointment to lots of Americans worldwide. Many of us have fought and continue to fight for

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Today is...Catalan National Day in SpainLiberation Day (Kosrae, Pohnpei) in MicronesiaQuaid-e-Azam / Jinnah's Death Anniversary in PakistanPatriot Day in the United States of AmericaNew Year's Day in the Rastafarian religion

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Today is...Gibraltar National Day in GibraltarEid al Fitr (End of Ramadan) in IslamSt. George's Caye Day in BelizeTeacher's Day in China

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Today is...Father Leval Day in MauritiusIndependence Day in North Korea and Tajikistan

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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch - North WalesThis town has become famous because of its long name. It has the longest train station name in the UK. The name translates as "St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St Tysilio of the red cave". To have a go at trying to say the name, click here!

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Today is...Anniversary of Chachapoyas in Peru

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We found this great video on youtube by a very upbeat guy showing you how to say hello in 25 different languages! (although some of the video comments say he has said things wrong so if you spot any mistakes, comment and tell us what they are so we don't make them too!)

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Today is...Civil Servant`s Day in Venezuela

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Today is...Austrialian National Flag Day in AustraliaFoundation of the Republic Day in San MarinoIndependence Day in QatarIndependence Movement Day in Tunisia

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In today's world, our race or ethnicity has an enormous effect on our personal identity. Races have histories, celebrations, countries of origin, cuisines, music styles and more. Mixed race, or biracial people have ancestries which come from different races. Technically, we are all multiracial as people boast of being "1/3 Italian, 1/5 French with a Grandma from Scotland" but the term mixed race/

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Today is...National Day in Vietnam

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Today is...Constitution Day in SlovakiaEvacuation Day (Italian) in LibyaIndependence Day in UzbekistanInforme Presidencial (President's Address) in MexicoLuxembourg City Kermesse in LuxembourgReincorporation of Tarata in PeruStart of the Armed Struggle in EritreaUnited Arab Republic's Day in SyriaWorker's Day in Marshall Islands

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Living in the West, when I hear about discrimination I think of gender, race, religion and even age. One word that doesn't come to mind is caste but for an estimated 250 million people worldwide, caste discrimination is a serious problem. A caste is a combined social system of occupation, endogamy (marriage within a specific ethnic group), culture, social class, and political power. According to

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Today is...Hero's Day in the PhilippinesIndependence Day in Kyrgyzstan and Trinidad & TobagoNational Day in MalaysiaNational Language Day in MoldovaWhite Rose Day (in honor of Princess Diana) in Australia

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Today is...Nut Spas in RussiaSlovak National Uprising Day in Slovakia

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Today is...Mariamoba (Assumption) in GeorgiaVelika gospojina - Assumption (Orthodox) in Bosnia-Herzegovina

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It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. ~Susan B. Anthony

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Today is...Anniversary of the Women's Revolt in GuineaIndependence Day in MoldovaPetroleum Day (Texas) in the United States of America

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Today is Women's Equality day in the USA and while gender equality is something very important to us at breaking perceptions, it is a phrase that can mean different things to different people. This post looks at what different organisations, people and religions say about gender equality but more importantly we want comments to hear from you what you think gender equality means and whether you

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Today is...Heroes Day in NamibiaOur Lady of Czestochowa in PolandWomen's Equality Day in the United States of America

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"Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see."~Benjamin Franklin

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As many of you may know I am a person who loves to talk about leadership, skills and etc. Robyn insisted that I created a post regarding my employment. I’m sure many of you are wondering what type of job that I had. Well, I served as junior facilitator to this organization called World Learning contracts with the School for International Training to provide international youth exchanges. This

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Today is...Constitution Day in ParaguayIndependence Day in UruguayLiberation Day in Hong KongTable Communion pour Dan Wezo, Roi de France in HaitiDia do Soldado in Brazil

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New York. The Big Apple. The city that never sleeps. You would be far stretched to find someone who hasn't lived in/wanted to go to/visited/at least heard of New York. Except perhaps a few tribes in the Amazon but I wouldn't be surprised if they hid postcards of Lady Liberty under their pillows or sang Sinatra's New York New York at celebrations. (Just an interesting cultural note for those of

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Today is...Constitution Day in GeorgiaIndependence Day in UkraineNational Flag Day in Kazakhstan and Liberia

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Today is...National Flag Day in Russia

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Today is...Mohammed VI's Birthday in Morocco

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If you have a look at our sidebar, you'll see that we have some handy new changes.We have listed all the countries which are talked about in different posts so that you can easily find a country that you are interested in, or see what we've written about your own country!We have listed all the topics we talk about in our posts so you can easily find posts that interest you to read!We now have our

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Today is...Constitution Day in HungaryNational Day in HungaryNational Homeless Animals Day in the United States of AmericaRestoration of Independence Day in EstoniaSt. Stephen's Day in HungaryThe King & People's Revolution in MoroccoMontserrat Annual Pilgrimage in Montserrat

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Today is...Apple Spas in RussiaDay of the Failed August, 1991 Coup in RussiaIndependence Day in AfghanistanNational Aviation Day in the United States of AmericaRevolution of 1945 in VietnamBirth of Crown Princess Mette Marit in NorwayMontserrat Annual Pilgrimage in Montserrat

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Today is...Montserrat Annual Pilgrimage in Montserrat

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The spinning globe on the side of our blog has been an awesome gadget to show all of our international visitors but it has also been the pain in our behinds! EVERY time we make a little change to the blog, it vanishes and we lose all of the pretty red dots celebrating our visitors and we have to restart looking like we have no one!Please, help us get our dots back!!!!

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You may have spotted the four words that have appeared underneath our name and be wondering, what's that all about? Well, here is an explanation!Those four words sum up our four principles/ideas/aims and can be put together in one explanatory sentence:By educating one another we can challenge and change our misconceptions & stereotypes, leading to a more united planet.Sounds awesome right?As an

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In case you didn't realise from the Eminem pun in the title, WE ARE BACK! It has been a hectic few with months full of revising, holidays & summer jobs but we have far from forgotten about Breaking Perceptions and, with our new layout and motto, are more passionate than ever!

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You may have noticed that there has been a lack of posts lately, so Cortez and I felt we need to explain!Don't worry, the blog has not 'died' as many do in their first few months, it is simply exam time so we are stuck with our noses in books and exam papers for the next few weeks, but rest assured we'll soon be back and better than ever!

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Today is...Canary Islands Day in SpainHarvest Festival in MalaysiaIndian Arrival Day in Trinidad & TobagoMother's Day in NicaraguaSalvation Army Red Shield Appeal in AustraliaCroatian Parliament Day in CroatiaEl día del árbol in HondurasReconciliation Week in Australia

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Today is...Anniversary of the death of President Ali Soilih in ComorosReconciliation Week in Australia

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Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things. Dogen

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What Do You Think?:Fox Attacks: Black AmericaWe are interested in learning your opinion :D

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Black StudiesBlack studies is defined as the study of African-Americans, their culture, and contributions to society. Black studies covers aspect of the institution of slavery and progression of segregation in post-civil war United States. Likewise, the African-Americans had triumphed throughout these perilous times. African-American leaders began to emerge and create movements that would

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Today is...National Flag Day in PhilippinesOverthrow of the Dergue Regime in EthiopiaRepublic Day in AzerbaijanRestoration of Armenia's Statehood Day in ArmeniaReconciliation Week in Australia

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Today is...Abolition of Slavery in GuadeloupeMother's Day in BoliviaReconciliation Week in Australia

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Today is...Independence Day in Georgia and GuyanaMother's Day in PolandPrince Fredrik's Birthday in DenmarkSorry Day in Australia

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Today is...Anniversary of the Organization of African Unity in ComorosCarpet Day in TurkmenistanEscaldes-Engordany in AndorraIndependence Day in JordanNational Jordan Day in AustraliaNational Missing Children's Day in the United States of AmericaOAU Day in Equatorial GuineaOrganization of African Unity Day in GuineaSucre Local Festival in BoliviaYouth Day in Bosnia-HerzegovinaTowel Day all over

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Today is...Battle of Pichincha in EcuadorBermuda Day in BermudaCommonwealth Day in BelizeDay of Slavonic Script (Education Day) in BulgariaLiberation Day in EritreaSts. Cyrilus and Methodius Day in MacedoniaWorld Schizophrenia Day

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Today is...Labour Day in JamaicaNational Holiday in MoroccoWorld Turtle Day

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Today is...National Maritime Day in the United States of AmericaNational Sovereignty in HaitiNational Unity Day in YemenInternational Day for Biological Diversity

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Jazz DanceJazz dance is a classification shared by a broad range of dance styles. Prior to the 1950s, jazz dance referred to dance styles that originated from African American vernacular dance. In the 1950s, a new genre of jazz dance—modern jazz dance—emerged, with roots in Caribbean traditional dance. Every individual style of jazz dance has roots traceable to one of these two distinct

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Line DanceA line dance is choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. It is most commonly associated with the USA where it is danced to country

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Buddha's Birthday, the birthday of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mahayana Buddhism.In all east Asian countries except Japan it is held on the 8th day of the 4th month in the Chinese lunar calendar, and the day is an official holiday in Hong Kong, Macau, and South Korea.JapanAs same as other traditional holidays like New year, Japanese culture "translates"

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Today is...Independence Day in MontenegroNational Waiter/Waitress Day in the United States of AmericaNaval Glories Day (Battle of Iquique) in ChileSheep Festival in CameroonWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

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JiveIn Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.Belly DanceBelly dance is a Western-coined name for a traditional Middle Eastern dance, especially raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي‎). It is sometimes also called Middle Eastern

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WaltzThe waltz is a ballroom and folk dance from around the 16th century with evidence of it found in several European countries including France, Germany, Austria and England.BalletBallet is a formalized kind of performance dance, which originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France, England, and Russia as a concert dance

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Cha-ChaCha-cha is the name of a Latin American dance of Cuban origin.Cha-cha-cha may be either danced to authentic Cuban music, or Latin Pop or Latin Rock. The music for the international ballroom cha-cha-cha is energetic and with a steady beat. The Cuban cha-cha-chá is more sensual and may involve complex polyrhythms.Paso DoblePaso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the duple meter

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Today is...Independence Day in East TimorNational Day in CameroonParty Day or Popular Movement Day in Zaire (Democratic Congo)Simbi Blanc in HaitiSt. Ferdinand Day in Spain

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We found this fantastic post on ephphatha-poetry.blogspot.com and had to share it with you guys:Let’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but then change them up a bit. Instead of envisioning white people as the main actors in the scenes we’ll conjure - the ones who are driving the action -

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Today is...Ho Chi Minh's Birthday in VietnamHoliday of Poetry in TurkmenistanMalcolm X Day in the United States of AmericaYouth & Sports Day in Turkey

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Every country has a different sense of humour and finds different things funny and the best way we thought of to show that is to have clips of individuals that are considered the top comedians of that country. We have used independent websites that state the top comedians and the ones that have been listed for the US are below!Warning: there is strong language in just about all the clipsTim

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Every country has a different sense of humour and finds different things funny and the best way we thought of to show that is to have clips of individuals that are considered the top comedians of that country. We have used independent websites that state the top comedians and the ones that have been listed for the UK are below!Warning: there is strong language in just about all the clipsRussell

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Every country has a different sense of humour and finds different things funny and the best way we thought of to show that is to have clips of individuals that are considered the top comedians of that country. We have used independent websites that state the top comedians and the ones that have been listed for the US are below!Warning: there is strong language in all the clips and offensive

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Today is...Manger pour Gran'n Aloumandia in HaitiBattle of Las Peidras in UruguayFlag & University Day in HaitiInternational Museum DayRevival & Unity Day in Turkmenistan

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Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published by Condé Nast Publications and began in America. The first issue came out in 1892. Each month, Vogue publishes a magazine addressing topics of fashion, life and design. Vogue was described by book critic Caroline Weber in The New York Times in December 2006 as "the world's most influential fashion magazine". Vogue is most famous as a

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Today is...Constitution Day in Nauru and NorwayDía das Letras Galegas in Spain

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Today is...Red Hill holiday in Russia

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Here are the top 5 Russian songs in the music charts at the moment. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Russian music, this is just what the Russian public are loving at the moment!Nyusha - Ne Perebivay / Нюша - Не перебивай5ivesta family зачемAslan feat. Marina - Где ты (Radu Sirbu remix)Инфинити - Замечталась (официальный клип)ВАЛЕРИЯ - Капелькою

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Here are the top 5 Chinese songs in the music charts at the moment. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Chinese music, this is just what the Chinese public are loving at the moment!Here We Are - Kary NgRubberBand - 天台飛人Big Ben - Ivana Wong狂潮Kuang Chao By Khalil Fong方大同Kay Tse 謝安琪 - 鍾無艷

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Here are the top 5 Chilean songs in the music charts at the moment. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Chile music, this is just what the Chilean public are loving at the moment!Arriba La Vida/ Ensayo Croni-KMIENTES CAMILA.Diego Torres - GuapaCHAYANNE ME ENAMORE DE TIRescatame Miriam Hernandez

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Here are the top 5 Brazilian songs in the music charts at the moment. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Brazilian music, this is just what the Brazilian public are loving at the moment!Skank - Noites De Um Verão QualquerRESTART - Levo ComigoVictor & Leo -- Ao Vivo e em CoresBruno e Marrone -- Pode ir emboraPitty - Fracasso

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Today is...Independence Day in ParaguayInternational Day of FamiliesMother's Day in SamoaPeace Officer Memorial Day in the United States of AmericaSan Isidro in SpainSan Isidro Labrador in PeruTeacher's Day in South KoreaInternational Conscientious Objector Day

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Here are the top 5 Lithuanian songs in the music charts at the moment. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Lithuanian Music, this is just what the Lithuanian public are loving at the moment!Marijonas Mikutavicius - Ar mylit Ja jusAmberlife ir Lina Joy - Laivai nutolsSel - Ten kur sapnaiIn Culto - Eastern European FunkMantas - I kaire

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Here are the top 5 Indian songs in the music charts at the moment. To see the top 20, click here. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Indian Music, this is just what the Indian public are loving at the moment!Behene De - RaavanZindagi Do Pal Ki - KitesDhanno (Aap Ka Kya Hoga) - - HousefullAyaashi - Badmaash CompanyAye Khuda paathshala

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Here are the top 5 Polish songs in the music charts at the moment. To see the top 20, click here. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Polish Music, this is just what the Polish public are loving at the moment!Raz, Dwa, Trzy - Zgodnie z planemNiedorosła MiłośćMuniek Staszczyk - ŚwiętyRobert Gawliński - Kalejdoskop BardzoStrachy na Lachy - DoDekafonia

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Here are the top 5 Japanese songs in the music charts at the moment. To see the top 20, click here. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Japanese Music, this is just what the Japanese public are loving at the moment!Koda Kumi - ECSTASYTegomass-Tanabata MatsuriAKB48 - Namida Surprise!Again - YuiBerryz Koubou - Seishun Bus Guide

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Nick Hewer is well recognised in the UK as Lord Alan Sugar's adviser in the reality television show The Apprentice but, increasingly important to him, he is also patron for the Hopes & Homes for Children charity.The charity helps with housing and healthcare for vulnerable children and their families in 10 Eastern European and African countries. "They're essentially ensuring that children grow up

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Today is...Unification & Integration Day in Liberia

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Here are the top 5 Thai songs in the music charts at the moment. To see the top 20, click here. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Thai Music, this is just what the Thai public are loving at the moment!อยากได้ยินว่ารักกัน - ดา Endorphineความเคยชิน - บอย PEACEMAKERความรัก bodyslamเพลงรัก บี้ สุกฤษฎิ์คนน่ารัก มักใจร้าย BASKET BAND

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Here are the top 5 Estonian songs in the music charts at the moment. To see the top 20, click here. We are by no means saying that this is all there is to Estonian Music, this is just what the Estonian public are loving at the moment!HU - Hannaliisa Uusmaa Depressiivsed Eesti väikelinnadmari-leen - printsessNiki - Liisa (this is not the song that is in the chart but is another song by the same

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