White Roses, Candles Bring in Solemn New Year
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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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China marks the arrival of the New Year, with the golden pig year seen as being particularly auspicious.
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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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As generous as their employers have been in laying on New Year's treats, China's migrants just want to go home for the holidays
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Pope John Paul ushered in the New  Year with special prayers for the victims of the Asian tsunami  on Saturday, the Catholic Church's World Day of Peace.
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This New Year rediscover ways of expressing feelings of the most unspoken bond and that is of a father and son.
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Iraqis were out all day on New Year's Eve buying cakes, balloons, party decorations and new clothes to celebrate the holiday in the hope of a more peaceful 2008.
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Conventional wisdom suggests that dying patients will cling to life if a holiday, such as Christmas, a birthday or a cherished anniversary is near.
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It is that time of the year when their hearts yearn for Durga Puja festivities back home
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Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening amid new fears of war, following fresh rocket attacks from Gaza and reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
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Pope John Paul II ushered in the Christmas holiday, lighting a candle for peace in his window Friday before celebrating midnight Mass in a new test of the 84-year-old pontiff's frail health.
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After ringing in the New Year, investors may now want to raise one last toast to 2004, as the stock market delivered a year-ending performance worth celebrating.
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Later up to 50,000 residents, wearing white roses in a symbol of reconciliation, gathered in the city's historic heart to light candles in memory of all victims of war.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- at least at that columned, white mansion on Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
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In four of the years between 1997 and 2003, the day with more births than any other fell between Christmas and New Yearâs Day.
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Things aren't as bad as you think heading into the new year.
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JARNAC, France  - On Francois Mitterrand's grave, one wreath stands out among those marking last month's anniversary of his death. Bigger than all others, it is made up of dozens of roses and a label saying simply "Segolene Royal".