Countries Mark 2005 With Prayers, Vigils
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Prayers and candlelight vigils were substituted for parties across Asia, while Paris draped black cloths along the Champs-Elysees. Revelers in New York's Times Square marked a moment of silence as the world brought in the New Year mourning the victims of devastating tsunamis.
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Most governments around the world reacted to the news of George Bush&#39;s re-election yesterday with a diplomatic straight bat. France, Germany and other European countries pledged to work with the new administration
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The relief effort moves in fits and starts in 11 nations where infrastructure has been destroyed and disease looms. By Chris Brummitt / Associated Press.
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This Wednesday is World AIDS Day: It will be marked by concerts and candlelit vigils from Armenia to Zambia. The speeches and statistics will have a horrific familiarity: Two decades after
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Foreign tourists stroll in Suk El Muscir Market on the second day of the holy month of Ramadhan, Oct. 16, in Tripoli, Libya. Libya is hosting a summit on Sunday about the Darfur crisis in western Sudan.
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PATONG BEACH, Thailand  - People held candles and  white roses on the tsunami-hit island of Phuket, tearfully  embracing as they grieved, in a poignant symbol of the mood  which darkened New Year celebrations across the globe.
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Upcoming events around the world.
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CALANG, Indonesia  - Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province on Wednesday, while in Thailand Buddhist monks held a ceremony to remember the many thousands who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami three years ago.
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LAGFAF, Morocco  - When 2007 arrived and the winter rains had still not fallen, Morocco's religious leaders led anxious prayers to avert a rural catastrophe, quoting from the Koran:
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Christians around the world have begun celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, with observances marking Christmas Eve. In Bethlehem, the town of Jesus&#39;s birth, Israel has relaxed travel restrictions
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For Sweden's prime minister, celebrating New Year's after the Asian tsunami felt "completely wrong." Paris, its gay heart heavy with the tragedy, draped black cloth along a favorite haunt for romantic reveling &#151; the Champs-Elysees. Elsewhere, prayers substituted for parties in the final minutes of 2004.
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Millions are marking the start of 2005 with restraint amid global mourning for victims of the Asian earthquake.
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PARIS -- For Sweden's prime minister, celebrating New Year's after the Asian tsunami felt ''completely wrong." Paris, its heart heavy with the tragedy, draped black cloth along the Champs-Elysees. Elsewhere, prayers substituted for parties in the final minutes of 2004.
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Prayers replaced parties to mark New Year's in much of Asia, and in Europe black cloth draped the Champs Elysees, as sorrow over the death and destruction from this week's quake and tsunamis overshadowed celebration.
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US President George W. Bush paid his respects to Muslims in the United States and around the world as they began celebrating Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam's calendar.
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As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflict.
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Nations and businesses pledge aid to areas hit by Sunday's disaster.