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EXPATS DIARY 2009
Jan 25 Burns Night
Jan 26 Chinese New Year (Ox)
Feb 21-24 Rio Carnival
Feb 24 Mardi Gras
Mar 01 St David's Day
Mar 22 Mothers Day (UK)
Mar 17 St Patrick's Day
Mar 29 Clocks forward to BST
Apr 13 - 15 Songkran, Thailand New year
Apr 23 St George's Day
Jun 21 Fathers Day (UK)
Jul 30 1966 World Cup. England 4-2 Germany
Aug 15 VJ Day
Aug 21 -Sep19 Ramadan
Sep 19 - Oct 04 München Oktoberfest
Oct 21 1805 Battle of Trafalgar
Oct 26 Clocks back to GMT
Nov 11 Remembrance Day
Nov ?? Loy Krathong Thailand
Nov 30 St Andrew's Day
World Events Guide
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Bank Holiday Dates
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EXPAT NEWS FROM 
24 Dec Christmas messages from far away On Christmas Day, most of us pick up the phone and give our friends and family a seasonal greeting.
23 Dec Airlines warned over compensation The EU's top court says passengers must be compensated if an airline cancels a flight for technical reasons, unless "extraordinary" events are to blame.
16 Dec Man convicted of abducting Lucie A Tokyo businessman has been convicted of abducting the British bar hostess Lucie Blackman.
15 Dec Mother's hostage freedom relief The mother of an Aberdeen oil worker taken hostage in Nigeria has spoken of her relief after he was released.
14 Dec Ex-pat police move gets response A campaign aimed at luring ex-pat police to Leicestershire has had results just a day after it was launched, senior officers have said.
13 Dec Fight goes on for kidnapped Briton The family of a British man kidnapped in Iraq is preparing to spend its second Christmas without him as efforts continue to secure his release.
05 Dec Moves to lure back ex-pat police Homesick ex-pat police officers in Australia are being tempted back to Leicestershire with a £10,000 offer.
04 Dec Poll finds many may retire abroad Over a third of Britons questioned in a poll have said they would consider retiring abroad because of the weather and rising costs.
02 Dec Stranded Britons 'will get home' Thousands of stranded British tourists in Thailand are set to fly home after protesters said they would end their occupation of Bangkok's airports.
30 Nov 'No danger' for trapped Britons Britons trapped in Thailand after anti-government protests are in "no danger" says a traveller from Essex stuck in Bangkok international airport.
29 Nov Britons still stuck in Thai chaos British travellers stranded in Thailand after anti-government protesters took over Bangkok's main airports are facing several more days of frustration.
28 Nov Briton tells of his Mumbai rescue A British businessman who barricaded himself into a Mumbai hotel room for two days when gunmen attacked has spoken of his relief at being rescued.
28 Nov Gunmen abduct Scottish oil worker A Scottish oil worker has been abducted in southern Nigeria.
28 Nov Europe backs mobile roaming cap European telecoms chiefs have backed plans to make it cheaper to access data while on a mobile phone abroad.
27 Nov FCO to help Britons leave Mumbai UK nationals have been offered assistance to leave Mumbai by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
27 Nov Briton killed in Mumbai attacks One British national has been killed after gunmen mounted attacks across the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), the Foreign Office has said.
27 Nov Britons trapped in Mumbai hotels Britons have barricaded themselves in their rooms after gunmen stormed two luxury hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay).
26 Nov Britons in Thai 'no man's land' British travellers are in "no man's land" after anti-government protesters occupied Bangkok's main international airport, the Foreign Office has said.
25 Nov Beach-sex couple to be deported Two Britons found guilty of having sex on a Dubai beach are to be deported without serving any jail sentence.
06 Nov In Pictures: Costa's Most Wanted Crimestoppers, with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), has released pictures of 10 of the most wanted Britons living in Spain.
03 Nov T5 was 'national embarrassment' The chaotic opening of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 showed "serious failings" by British Airways and airport operator BAA, MPs have said.
31 Oct Briton becomes Costa Blanca mayor A British expat who speaks only broken Spanish has become the "accidental mayor" of a town on the Costa Blanca after a series of "bribery" arrests.
29 Oct Concern in Kabul for British expats The deaths of two British nationals have cast a spotlight on what life is like for foreigners who are living in Afghanistan.
25 Oct Three shot dead in Afghan capital Three people have been shot dead in the Afghan capital, Kabul, including two foreigners, one of them British.
25 Oct British man missing in Indonesia A British sea scooter official has gone missing during the Asian Beach Games in Indonesia.
24 Oct Ryanair to close base in Valencia Budget airline Ryanair is to close its base at Valencia in Spain with the loss of 70 weekly flights, it has announced.
24 Oct Scot killed 'violently' in Spain Spanish police are investigating what they describe as the "violent" death of a Scottish businessman in Barcelona.
16 Oct Beach sex sentence 'sets example' It was the summer tabloid sensation. A British couple arrested for having sex, on a public beach, in a country of strict Islamic values.
16 Oct Sex-on-beach trial Britons guilty A British man and woman have been sentenced to three months in jail in Dubai after being found guilty of having sex on a beach.
15 Oct Travel resumed after strike ends Ferry sailings between Dover and Calais have resumed following the suspension of the strike by port control officers in France.
10 Oct Britons killed by floods in Spain A British woman and her 14-year-old daughter have died in flash-floods while they were trying to cross a ravine in Spain.
03 Oct Strike disrupts channel ferries Cross-channel ferry services from Dover have resumed after strike action by fishermen in France was called off.
25 Sep UK flights hit by computer glitch
Flights to and from some UK airports have been cancelled or delayed because of a computer problem at the main air traffic control centre at Swanwick.
23 Sep Briton 'shot dead in Argentina'
A British man has died after reportedly being shot by two armed motorcyclists in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.
23 Sep EU to slash more mobile charges
Proposals to slash the cost of using mobile phones abroad, for text, data and voice calls, could become law next July following a vote in Brussels.
16 Sep Briton seized by Nigerian gunmen A British national has been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
16 Sep England 'most crowded in Europe' Immigration levels have pushed population density in England to a higher level than any other major country in Europe.
15 Sep How to spot the English Mark Mardell's Euroblog
02 Sep Mining engineer in Gambia escape A British engineer who was accused of illegal mining in Gambia and had his passport confiscated is back in the UK after a "terrifying" escape.
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