DIARY - MidEast/African holidays to December 2008

Market holiday - Markets and exchanges closed.

Public holiday - Government offices, banks and ordinary businesses closed.

REUTERS DIARY OF MIDDLE EAST/AFRICAN HOLIDAYS

Double-click in brackets for Americas holidays [HOL1/DIARY], Asian holidays [HOL2/DIARY] and European holidays [HOL3/DIARY]

Alternatively click on HOLIDAY to retrieve dates by country.

** 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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2008 MARKET HOLIDAYS

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** MORE COUNTRIES WILL BE ADDED AS AND WHEN THE DATES ARE CONFRIMED