Monthly Archives: December 2010

  HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Quick Facts Human Rights Day is an occasion for people worldwide to know and consider the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Local names Name Language Human Rights Day English Día de los Derechos Humanos Spanish Human … Continue reading →

  INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Anti-Corruption Day is annually observed on December 9 to raise public awareness of corruption and ways to fight it. Local names Name Language International Anti-Corruption Day English Día Internacional … Continue reading →

  INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION DAY Quick Facts International Civil Aviation Day is observed globally on December 7 each year. It is observed by organizations such as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Local names Name Language International Civil Aviation Day … Continue reading →

News Observing Photo Gallery Magazine Archive Shop at Sky News ESO / Luis Calçada Bulletin at a Glance News Observing This Week’s Sky at a Glance Community A Steamy Super-Earth? December 1, 2010 | For the first time, astronomers have … Continue reading →

December 2, 2010 ColorLines Direct | Published by the Applied Research Center Senate Negotiations Narrow DREAM Act’s Scope as Vote Nears Legislators are jockeying and the White House is weighing in big as both chambers ready a lame-duck vote. Julianne … Continue reading →

Tally Grows of Viewers Moved to Violence by Beck’s Rants by Leah Nelson  December 1, 2010 Through countless diagrams and diatribes, chalk-wielding Fox News commentator Glenn Beck has made it his mission to inform his audience that left-wing progressives are purportedly … Continue reading →

ELINE KAUFMAN, OWNER OF ‘ELAINE’S’, WHO FED AND FUSSED OVER THE FAMOUS By ENID NEMY Published: December 3, 2010 Elaine Kaufman, who became something of a symbol of New York as the salty den mother of Elaine’s, one of the … Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVEOLPMENT Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, also known as International Volunteer Day (IVD), is observed on December 5 each year. Local names Name Language … Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Persons with Disabilities is an occasion to re-affirm and draw attention to the rights of people who live with disabilities worldwide. It is held annually … Continue reading →

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY Quick Facts The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is annually observed on December 2. The day encourages people to take a united stance to abolish all forms of … Continue reading →