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    • Maurice Maeterlinck
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    • Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich
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    • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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    • Friedrich Nietzsche
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    • Achille-Claude Debussy
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    • Third International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS)
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    • The International Youth Day
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    • The International Day
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    • World Population Day (UNFPA)
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    • 31 May 2003 WORLD NO-TOBACCO DAY
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    • FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS
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    • Happy Nowrooz
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    • The History of the Christmas Tree
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    • MAHATMA GANDHI
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    • World Environment Day 2003
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    • Leonardo da Vinci
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    • International Childrens Book Day
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    • Iran,From 12 Bahman to 20 Bahman 1979
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