New year News
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Shillong -
On every stop along the Dalai Lama’s speaking tour this week in India, he expressed hope for better relations between China and the Buddhist region of Tibet. Today, the Chinese military began increasing security forces in the region.
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With the New Year about to ring in, most have thought about resolutions: losing weight, being on time, being fiscally responsible, and the list goes on.
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Parts of the UK experienced severe flooding over the Christmas period and the bad news is that bad weather is set to return as Britain welcomes in 2014.
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In recent years an unenviable New Year ‘tradition’ has grown in France which the French government would gladly see extinguished – setting fire to cars. This New Year, the 'tradition' continued.
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People around the world turned out in cities and towns, in fields, on beaches, water fronts and city blocks, all to ring out the old and welcome the arrival of 2013, a year many hope proves to be better than 2012.
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Around the World 2012 was seen out in a blaze of New Year's Eve celebrations and firework displays. In one such event in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast, 60 people are believed to have been killed.
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As the world turned, bringing 2013 to each country, fireworks lit the sky in incredible displays. Despite austerity, many major cities represented in the video offered pyrotechnic extravaganzas. Let us hope for peace and prosperity in the new year.
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Dubai -
In Dubai, UAE, fireworks lit up the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, with a live orchestra playing in the New Year.
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Hong Kong -
Hong Kong celebrated the start of 2013 with a spectacular firework display - the largest the city has ever seen - attended by tens of thousands of people.
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New York -
Times Square, one of the most visited sections of New York City, has an interesting history. It is also a popular destination on New Year's Eve for many, whether in person or watching on television.
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Sydney -
While many of us are still waiting for the New Year to start, Sydney is already living in 2013. They held a spectacular firework extravaganza to mark the event.
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As the clock ticks down to 2013 will you be joining millions of others in making New Year's resolutions? If so will your good intentions be doomed to fail or set for success?
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Ibadan -
The Christmas/New Year season—the yuletide—coincides with the harmattan or dry season in Nigeria, during which dusty and dry trans-Saharan trade winds blowing across the Gulf of Guinea in late November to December bring the rainy season to an end.
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Beebe -
Birds dropped dead from the sky in the early hours of the new year, the second time in Arkansas after last year. The ban on fireworks this year has led some to question the claim that the birds were disturbed from their roost by fireworks display.
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Toronto -
January can be an extremely cold and cruel month, so cold in fact that spouses’ hearts freeze and cruel enough to throw one’s partner out onto three foot snow banks during the middle of the night when temperatures are in the minus double digit degrees
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London -
London saw in the New Year in its usual style with huge crowds and spectacular pyrotechnics, and with the usual caveats, a good time was had by all.
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Toronto -
A group of 20-somethings reunite at a New Year’s Eve bash in middle-class suburbia. When a near-death experience, a pregnancy, and the appearance of past rivals disrupt the night, how will each see their place in the world come New Year's Day?
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MTV rang in the new year with a ball drop of their own - featuring Snooki, the 'Jersey Shore' firebrand, descending in a Seaside Heights glitzy ball drop.
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Bulacan -
Rejoice Rivera, a member of the Baywalk Bodies, a sexy all-female singing and dance group in Manila, was found dead on the shoulder of the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) last Friday.
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Manila -
Hundreds of thousands of people from all parts of Metro Manila converged at the SM Mall of Asia to take part in the festivities at the annual New Year countdown party last night.
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From politics to Hollywood, to sports and music, here's a look back at the best happenings (and people) of this past year: 2010.
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In a repeat of an exercise he did last year, U.S. President Barack Obama has produced a video message for Iranians around the world in which he says that the "choice for a better future" remains "in the hands of Iran’s leaders".
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Pope Benedict XVI has called on humanity to protect the environment in his annual World Day of Peace message. In his address at the Vatican, the Pontiff has linked peace with the natural environment to peace among nations.
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Blue moons of song and legend are an infrequent astronomical occurrence, happening every two-and-a-half years and even less frequently appear on the eve of a widely celebrated holiday. But this year some people will witness the phenomenon.
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Survivors and family members of the unfortunate Bangkok mishap, offered prayers and recollected the horrific incident. Police though, continues with their investigation behind the events that caused the horrific fire.
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Revellers will have to wait one second more this New year's eve. An extra second will be added to the final day of the year to match clocks to the earth's spin.
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It seems that the postman isn't the only one who rings twice -- the stork does too. At least he does in Gettysburg Pennsylvania where, for the second time in as many years, Kyle and Becky Armstrong welcomed the first brand new baby of the brand new year.
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His Holines the Dalai Lama wished the world a happy new year and his fellow Tibetans a good Losar from his home in Dharmasala, India. Losar is when Tibetans celebrate the new year, and by their calendar, this is the year 2135.
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At one minute past midnight 23 couples exchanged vows and became the first to enter into civil unions in the state of New Hampshire. The states civil union law went into effect as of January 1st. "We're doing this to make it legal".
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The start of January 1, 2008 marks the first time that Baghdad has celebrated New Year’s ever since the US-led invasion of Iraq resulting in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. After four bloodied years of fighting, Iraqis are celebrating New Year’s.
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New year Image
Commercial banks at the Idi-Ape end of Iwo road
The women buy items such as brake and gear fluids, engine oil, small car parts from importers for resale
Car and motor cycle spare part dealers at Gate. They import parts mostly from the Far East: China, Taiwan and Singapore
Spare parts market at Gate, Ibadan
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Reference of reckoning. Photos from Baha'i.org
Motorcycle importers at the "Olowo t'in f'owo s'anu" building. The merchant shops import both brand new and second-hand Japanese motorcycles. Note the second-hand TV sets displayed
Traffic at the Idi-Ape end of Iwo road
A design to welcome the new year Steys
Iwo road is a major trading center in its own right
Second-hand house hold electricals: fridges, TV sets, irons, washing machines.
Traffic jam at Basorun Market.
Fireworks light up the Burj Khalifa, world's tallest building, in Dubai to celebrate 2013. Video Screen Capture
The never-ending stream of humanity at Gate. Gate is famous center for second-hand goods. Note the woman with the baby strapped to her back. This is the customary method for carrying babies. Nigerians never carry their babies in prams.
Buyers flood the Gate spare parts market during the dry season
Fireworks at Xinzha & Xinchang Lu HeyItsWilliam
Chicken market in Xining, Qinghai province, China.
Photo taken on 12 June 2008. M M (Padmanaba01)
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