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NOVEMBER 2012
Translation for days: Tatum
SUNDAY
domingu
Daylight Saving
Time ends
4
11
Veterans Day
UNITED STATES
St. Martin’s Day
AUSTRIA & GERMANY
18
25
MONDAY
segunda
5
12
Veterans Day Observed
UNITED STATES
19
26
TUESDAY
tersa
Election Day
UNITED STATES
6
13
20
27
WEDNESDAY
kuarta
7
14
21
28
THURSDAY
kinta
All Saints’ Day
Al-Hirja* – Islamic
New Year
Thanksgiving Day
UNITED STATES
1
8
15
22
29
FRIDAY
sesta
2
9
16
23
30
SATURDAY
sabtu
3
10
17
24
Ashura* – 10th day of
the Islamic New Year
a day of mourning in
Shi’a Islam
School Girls in Oecusse, Timor-Leste
Communicating through education
Because of intermittent and severe violence from 1975
to 1999, education for all Timor-Leste’s children has been
disrupted. Now, only 59% of the adult population is literate,
and the average length of schooling is 11 years. Women
are less likely than men to be literate, and girls are less
likely than boys to be enrolled in school. Since the end of
violence in 2002, access to education has improved for all.
DID YOU
KNOW?
• Timor-Leste Declares Independence. Colonized
since the 16th century, Timor-Leste declared its
independence from Portugal in 1975. Nine days
later, it was invaded and taken over by Indonesia.
A campaign for independence followed until 1999
when the population voted for independence from
Indonesia in a UN-supervised election. Much of the
country was destroyed by the warfare before and
after the referendum. Era 8, 20th century since 1945
• Trade Routes. Timor-Leste was part of Chinese and
Indian trading routes as early as the 14th century. At
that time, it was an important source of sandalwood,
honey, and wax. Era 4, 300–1500 CE/AD