DIARY - MidEast/African holidays to December 2010

Market holiday - Markets and exchanges closed.

REUTERS DIARY OF MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN HOLIDAYS

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** Details below represent the latest information available and
will be supplemented later, particularly with updated entries
for Muslim holidays.

(Note: Dates for Eid al-Fitr, Eid el-Adha, Muslim New Year
and Prophet Mohammed's Birthday may differ slightly depending on
the sighting of the moon)

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2009 MARKET HOLIDAYS

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THURSDAY, DEC 24

Eritrea - Market Holiday

FRIDAY, DEC 25

Burundi - Christmas Day

Cameroon - Christmas Day

Central African Republic - Christmas Day

Chad - Christmas Day

Congo Republic - Christmas Day

Eritrea - Christmas

Gabon - Christmas Day

Gambia - Christmas Day

Ghana - Christmas

Ivory Coast - Christmas day

Iraq - Christmas Day

Jordan - Christmas Day

Kenya - Christmas Day

Lebanon - Christmas Day

Madagascar - Christmas Day

Malawi - Christmas Day

Mali - Christmas Day

Namibia - Christmas Day

Nigeria - Christmas Day

South Africa - Christmas

Syria - Christmas Day

United Arab Emirates - Christmas

SATURDAY, DEC 26

Eritrea - Market Holiday

Kenya - Boxing Day

Malawi - Boxing Day

Namibia - Boxing Day

Nigeria - Boxing Day

South Africa - Day of Goodwill

TUESDAY, DEC 29

Bahrain - New Hijri year

Eritrea - Market Holiday

WEDNESDAY, DEC 30

Eritrea - Market Holiday

THURSDAY, DEC 31

Eritrea - Market Holiday

Ghana - Revolution Day

Jordan - New Year's Eve

Oman - Bank Holiday

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2010 MARKET HOLIDAYS

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**** More countries will be added as and when available ****

FRIDAY, JAN 1

Algeria - New Years Day

Ghana - New Year's Day

Kenya - New Year's Day

Malawi - New Year's Day

Nigeria - New Year's Day

South Africa - New Year's Day

FRIDAY, JAN 15

Malawi - John Chilembwe Day

FRIDAY, FEB 26

Algeria - Mouloud (Birth the Prophet)

Nigeria - Eid-ul Kabir (Movable Holidays and subject to
change)

SUNDAY, FEB 28

Israel - Purim

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3

Malawi - Martyr's Day

Nigeria - Eid-ul Maulud (Movable Holidays and subject to
change)

SATURDAY, MARCH 6

Ghana - Independence Anniversary

MONDAY, MARCH 22

South Africa - Public Holiday

MONDAY, MARCH 29

Israel - Passover I Eve

TUESDAY, MARCH 30

Israel - Passover I

FRIDAY, APRIL 2

Ghana - Good Friday

Kenya - Good Friday

Malawi - Good Friday

Nigeria - Good Friday

South Africa - Good Friday

SUNDAY, APRIL 4

Israel - Passover II Eve

MONDAY, APRIL 5

Ghana - Easter Monday

Israel - Passover II

Kenya - Easter Monday

Malawi - Easter Monday

Nigeria - Easter Monday

South Africa - Family Day

MONDAY, APRIL 19

Israel - Memorial Day

TUESDAY, APRIL 20

Israel - Independence Day

TUESDAY, APRIL 27

South Africa - Freedom Day

SATURDAY, MAY 1

Algeria - Labor Day

Ghana - Labour Day

Kenya - International Labour Day

Malawi - Labour Day

South Africa - Workers Day

TUESDAY, MAY 18

Israel - Pentecost (Shavuot) Eve

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19

Israel - Pentecost (Shavuot)

TUESDAY, MAY 25

Ghana - Africa Day

TUESDAY, JUNE 1

Kenya - Madaraka Day

MONDAY, JUNE 14

Malawi - Freedom Day

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16

South Africa - Youth Day

SATURDAY, JUNE 19

Algeria - Revolutionary Readjustment

THURSDAY, JULY 1

Ghana - Republic Day

MONDAY, JULY 5

Algeria - Independence Day

TUESDAY, JULY 6

Malawi - Republic Day

TUESDAY, JULY 20

Israel - Fast Day

MONDAY, AUG 9

South Africa - National Women's Day

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 8

Israel - Jewish New Year Eve

THURSDAY, SEPT 9

Israel - Jewish New Year I

Nigeria - Eid-ul Fitri (Movable Holidays and subject to
change)

FRIDAY, SEPT 10

Israel - Jewish New Year II

Nigeria - Eid-ul Fitri (Movable Holidays and subject to
change)

SATURDAY, SEPT 11

Algeria - Eid al-Fitr (End Of Ramadan) (Subject to changes
due to lunar sightings)

FRIDAY, SEPT 17

Israel - Yom Kippur Eve

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 22

Israel - Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth) Eve

THURSDAY, SEPT 23

Israel - Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth)

FRIDAY, SEPT 24

South Africa - Heritage Day

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 29

Israel - Rejoicing of the Law (Simchat Tora) Eve

THURSDAY, SEPT 30

Israel - Rejoicing of the Law (Simchat Tora)

FRIDAY, OCT 1

Nigeria - Independence Day

MONDAY, OCT 11

Malawi - Mothers' Day

WEDNESDAY, OCT 20

Kenya - Kenyatta Day / Heroes Day

MONDAY, NOV 1

Algeria - Anniversary of the Revolution

WEDNESDAY, NOV 17

Algeria - Eid Al Adha "Feast of the sacrifice" (Subject to
changes due to lunar sightings)

FRIDAY, DEC 3

Ghana - Farmers Day

TUESDAY, DEC 7

Algeria - Islamic New Year (Subject to changes due to lunar
sightings)

MONDAY, DEC 13

Kenya - Rollover Holiday

THURSDAY, DEC 16

Algeria - Ashura (Subject to changes due to lunar sightings)

South Africa - Day of Reconciliation

SATURDAY, DEC 25

Ghana - Christmas Day

Malawi - Christmas Day

SUNDAY, DEC 26

Ghana - Boxing day

MONDAY, DEC 27

Kenya - Rollover holiday

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