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Queen Elizabeth Visits UN, Ground Zero in NYC Tour

UNITED NATIONS (July 6) -- In her first address to the U.N. General Assembly in more than half a century, England's Queen Elizabeth II urged the world body to provide leadership on global challenges like climate change, poverty and terrorism, stressing that "so much remains to be done." At the same time, in her...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth Coming to New York City

(July 5) -- Queen Elizabeth II will visit New York on Tuesday for the third time in her 58-year reign, addressing the United Nations General Assembly for the first time in half a century and making her first trip to Ground Zero, where she plans to lay a wreath. After spending nine days in Canada to celebrate Canada Day...

Canada Day News From the Web

05/22/12 Newsstand: May 22, 2012 Source: Gothamist - Toronto Slap some aloe on that shoulder burn (that you deserve for getting too ambitious with the tank tops so early in the season) and get back to business, it's Tuesday now.
05/21/12 If not the prime minister, then who speaks for... Source: The Chronicle Herald Ah, Victoria Day, the day that all Canadians, from every region, age and ethnicity, celebrate the monarch under whom the British Empire reached its greatest glory.
05/17/12 Hip Canada Day set for Burl's Creek Source: Orillia Packet & Times Get ready for the hippest Canada Day this area will have experienced.
05/17/12 Protesters pick the wrong day Source: BCLocalNews.com The Canada Day celebration in Nelson is more than a month away, but a press release that arrived at the Star office Thursday morning has started us thinking about our nation's birthday.
05/17/12 Otterville gears up for Canada Day celebrations Source: The Norwich Gazette Preparations for this year's Canada Day celebrations have gotten underway, with a volunteer committee of Otterville residents working on finalizing the weekend's agenda.

Background on Canada Day

Canada Day () is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 (today called the Constitution Act, 1867, in Canada), which united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire.

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