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AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 2, 2003.
SYDNEY, Jan 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers:
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH:
- Ringleaders of attempted breakout from Villawood Detention Centre moved to maximum security wing of Silverwater Jail.
- New Zealand's Foreign Minister backs Australia's call to boycott cricket World Cup matches in Zimbabwe; Cyclone Zoe devastates remote Pacific island; Fed Govt injects $4m to fund research into link between cancer and family history.
- Aussie actress Rachel Griffiths weds in New Year's Eve ceremony in Melbourne; Official 2001/2 Health figures show more than a quarter of emergency patients were not given a hospital bed within required eight hours; Price of stamps to rise to 50 cents on January 13.
- Analysts expect Australian dollar to strengthen in 2003; Oil prices continue to ease.
THE AUSTRALIAN:
- Cyclone Zoe predicted to reach highest class of danger in next day.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 28, 2002 700+ words
(From Agence France Presse) Cyclone Zoe, currently battering a group of isolated Polynesian atolls, was growing in intensity with weather experts fearing it could reach...
- Cyclone Zoe slowing over Polynesia's Tikopia but contact lost.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 29, 2002 700+ words
...From Agence France Presse) All contact has been lost with the small Polynesian island of Tikopia being lashed by powerful Cyclone Zoe, an official said. Tikopia is part of Temotu province of the Solomon Islands and was Sunday almost directly under the eye...
- Cyclone Zoe leaves Tikopia villages with 700 inhabitants buried.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 3, 2003 700+ words
(From Agence France Presse) Solomon Islands authorities believe Cyclone Zoe buried at least two villages with a total population of up to 700 people when it devastated Tikopia island, as criticism mounted...
- Most Solomons dwellings survive Cyclone Zoe.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire January 7, 2003 700+ words
...reported. The islands of Tikopia and Anuta, 1000km south-east of the Solomons Islands capital of Honiara, bore the brunt of Cyclone Zoe on December 29. Australian, French, and New Zealand aid teams did not reach Tikopia until Monday, when a police patrol...
- Chinese New Year, Diwali bear close resemblance.
- Newspaper article from: China Post February 25, 2007 700+ words
...communities around the world, Chinese New Year. Fast forward to October or November...vu at the uncanny resemblance Chinese New Year has to the Hindu "festival of lights...customs and traditions belonging to Chinese New Year beat with equal power in the heart of...
- New Year celebration an age-old tradition.
- Magazine article from: Business Times (Malaysia) December 28, 2001 700+ words
...few of us will be celebrating the New Year in one way or another. So is it not appropriate that we find out how New Year festivities and practices actually...several details on the origins of New Year beliefs and customs etc is http...
- Lunar New Year Celebrated By Many Asian Cultures In America, CNNfn.
- News wire article from: Finance Wire January 22, 2004 700+ words
...China, now we want to take a look at what New Year here in America, really around the world...start just by talking about the Lunar New Year. Here in the United States we think of the Chinese New Year and we understand, of course, that in...
- New Year's Resolutions: Easier to Make than to Keep.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 25, 2006 700+ words
...S. adults who made health-related New Year's resolutions for 2005 did not meet...S. adults say they made at least one New Year's resolution for 2006, up from 41 percent...are more likely than men to have made New Year's resolutions for 2005 (46% vs. 36...
- New Year Festivals to be held Across S. Korea Next Week.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire December 24, 2004 700+ words
...SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- ""Open your new year at Homigot where the sun rises earliest on the Korean peninsula!"", ""New year! New Hope! Powerful New Start!"", ""Meet the new year at the spiritual Mount Taebaek!"" Above are...
- Thailand: New Year festive season in Thailand.
- News wire article from: Thai Press Reports December 30, 2008 700+ words
Section: General News - As the New Year 2009 approaches, people in all parts...people elsewhere, Thais celebrate the New Year festival each year with many joyous activities...different beliefs and customs related to the new year. In fact, not all countries have their...
Source: HighBeam Research, AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 2, 2003.