On December 19 and May 22, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Nicholmas – the holiday of St Nicholas of Myra, The Wonderworker. St Nicholas has always been the most revered saint in Russia. Thousands of Russian churches bear his name.

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Group A

Mario Gomez’s first half double put Bayern Munich two points clear at the top of this pool and maintained their 100% record in Europe so far this season. It was too much for Manchester City to come back from, but the headlines were stolen by Carlos Tevez and the furore over allegations that he refused to play in the fixture. His exit from Eastlands, protracted as it has been, looks certain to happen in January.
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Düsseldorf Flughafen (DUS) is Germany’s third busiest airport by passenger numbers. It is conveniently located only minutes from downtown Düsseldorf and other major Ruhr area towns.
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Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB), also known as Baden-Airpark, is around 14 km / 9 miles west of the famous German spa town Baden-Baden and 45 km / 30 miles south of Karlsruhe. Baden-Airpark is only used by low-cost airlines meaning generally cheap tickets, low airfares, and flights mostly to holiday destinations.
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Fair trade has a general, lofty objective to treat people in poor and disadvantaged areas with humanity and equality. However, human rights organizations state that all role players - international bodies, governments, corporations and civil society - must work together to enable fair trade. Without fair trade the inequitable pay and conditions and the exploitation of workers and resources throughout the developing world will continue.
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