World No Tobacco Day 2008.

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31st May, World No Tobacco Day

World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on 31st May. The World Health Organisation created this day in 1987. It draws global attention to the smoking epidemic and to the preventable death and disease it causes.

Did you know that more than 3.5 million people die every year from tobacco-related health problems?

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My Favourite City, Málaga!

I live in Málaga, a great city on the south coast of Spain. Málaga has a population of about 700.000 inhabitants.
Here teenagers have sports facilities and also public zones where older people can do open-air exercise. There are lots of discos, lots of cafés, lots of bars, lots of restaurants and a fairground.
And there are also a lot of shopping centres.
In summer, people go to the beach, while in winter people go to shopping centres or go ice-skating…
I’ve lived in Málaga since I was a baby. I hope I’ll still be living here when I am an old lady. Málaga is a very nice and interesting city!
Visit it!

Málaga.

I live in Málaga, a big town on the south coast of Spain.

I have lived here all my life.

I like going to the beach. There are a lot of shops, and there are a lot of cafes, too. There are lots of things to do in the city.

The sports and leisure facilities are pretty good.

Málaga has a really good basketball team : Unicaja .

In my opinion, Málaga is a good place to live.

Raquel Martínez Pavón.

What do you know about 1st May?

May Day can refer to different celebrations, but for most people May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the *labour momement .

* Labour movement is a term used to refer to the development of a collective organization of working people to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. These organizations whose purpose is representing the interests or workers and the working class are nowdays known as Labour Unions or Trade Unions.

History:

International Workers' Day is the commemoration of the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago in 1886, when Chicago police fired on workers during a general strike for the eight- hour day, killing a dozen demonstrators. In 1889, the first congress of the Second International, meeting in Paris called for international demonstrations on the 1890 anniversary of the Chicago protests. These were so successful that May Day was formally recognized as an annual event in 1891.

Did you know that...?

It may seem strange to us nowadays that people had to fight for the eight-hour day, but during the Industrial Revolution ( end of 18th Century and 19th Century) in Britain the working day could range from 10 hours up to 16 hours for six days a week.

Women and children were granted the ten-hour day in 1847.

French workers won the twelve-hour day after the February revolution of 1848.

Labour Day around the world.

Although many countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1st, in the USA and Canada Labour Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September.

Nowadays, Labour Day (May Day) on May, 1st is a national holiday in Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Jordan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanin, Malaysia, México, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and Vietnam.

Information taken from Wikipedia.