Greece sees in New Year with clashes and arson attacks.

After a brief interlude over the Christmas holidays the clashes sparked off by the death of a 15 year old teenager at the hands of the police on 6th December continued shortly after midnight.     ...

Fire Kills 59 - Bangkok Nightclub

Police are investigating the cause of a fire that swept through a Bangkok nightclub on New Years Eve killing 59 people and injuring many others. Initial reports suggest that firworks were allowed into the club and...

Royal Canadian Air Farce: Final Flight Airs Tonight

The Royal Canadian Air Farce is a Canadian made political satire show that has run on Canada's national network CBC for the past 16 years.  New Year's Eve 2008/2009 marks the broadcast of the shows last...

New York City Rings in 2009 with Style and Security

Since yesterday, Dec.30, the familiar blue and steel barricades were set up along the side-streets, no parking zones were enforced from 33rd to 59th Streets and from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue, and all...

2009 New Years Around the World

People around the world are starting to celebrate the New Year, 2009, as clocks beginning in Christmas Island heading west across the globe strike midnight. The first inhabitants on Earth to celebrate are located...

Clocks to be set back on New Year's Eve -- by one second

If you're sitting at your desk this week wondering if the work day will ever end, it's not all in your head.""More on this story from December 30"" Our days are getting longer. That's because the earth is rotating...

Free MoonPie, RC Cola in Mobile New Year’s Eve

The city of Mobile, Ala., will usher in the New Year in tasty and spectacular fashion with a 600-pound, 1,500-light electronic MoonPie rising over the city at the stroke of midnight, according to a news release...

Fight Erupts in front of Atlantis Club on Richards Between Club Goers and Sec...

Linda SolomonAt Atlantis Club on Richards, a big brawl spills out onto the street at about 12:45 a.m, stopping traffic. Hard to tell how this thing got going, but about ten guys are fighting and the security...

"Auld Lang Syne" -- What Does It Mean, and Why Do We Sing It?

We sing "Auld Lang Syne" each New Year's Eve, but what does it mean? An why do we sing it? Emily Hancock of the Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ("Auld Lang Syne: Traditional Song, but No One Knows Why or...

Times Square Time Ball Is 100 Years Old This New Year's Eve

Most of the New Years Eve revelers in Times Square (and those watching by television at home) may take the time ball for granted. But the sphere is not merely a countdown device. It is 100 years old this...

Jackson 5 gig to ring in New Year's?

Exclaim almost confirms the rumours."Rumours of a reunion have been growing for a few months and now it has been reported that the band will play Atlanta later this month. According to producer Jermaine Dupri,...

Wildest New Year's Eve Celebration

Still going to remember it a year later? Or can't remember it the next moring? Good think you documented it. Post photos, videos and account of the wildest New Year's Eve celebrations here.Return to the 12 Days...

"New Year Dance 2008" is a song and video set to reach global audience on Dec...

"New Year Dance 2008" is a song and video set to reach global audience on December 31.  Although it is still 105 days, 11 hours, 8 minutes and 11 seconds until Tueday, January 1, 2008, the dance song (and dailymotion.com video) is already hitting the Internet bandwaves...

Hot New Years’ Shows (Or as Many as We Can Remember)

Flaming Lips in LA, Ok Go in Vegas, Clap Your hands and Say Yeah in NYC! Good stuff all around the globe. Happy New Year..

Ricardo's Blog: Violence in Rio kills 18 days before New Year's Eve

Gangs in Rio took a series of attacks against police and civilian targets starting this thursday, Dcemeber 28th.  The death toll in the first 24 hours was 18 people dead.  Very concerning was the fact...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from