New Year's Day/Eve News

From his base in New York, Rupert Murdoch knows where to get the best analysis of British politics: The Spectator .

Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung has vowed to bring ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra home a free man before the New Year.

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In January, in the flurry of resolution that accompanies the new year, Dino Maloko decided to bite the bullet and pay off his credit card.

A series of skirmishes took place in Kachin and northern Shan State despite government officials declaring that war has been stopped between government troops and ethnic armies.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. Equipment Operator 2nd Class Renee Harrison and Construction Mechanic 1st Class David Tacey, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, cross the halfway point of a 1.5 mile run during the Physical Fitness Assessment .

Many find that the new year is a time to wipe the slate clean. In fact, 45 percent of Americans made New Year's resolutions, according to the Journal of Clinical Psychology from the University of Scranton.

May 22: Heidi Klum bribes her kids to eat healthy. Well, that's a new one for the celebrity parenting handbook.

This year, we made a New Year's resolution to try and add some balance into our lives.

Serious concerns over the handling of regulations to introduce a new system of council tax benefit in Wales have been raised by a cross-party committee.

Forget ball drops and champagnes. Thai people really know how to ring in the new year: with a water fight! During the Songkran festival , Thai people roamed the street with water buckets and water guns filled with ice cold water to drench friends and foes alike.

The Nerds have inherited the earth. Long live the Nerds! DC's official Naked Girls return from our brief hiatus to present Nerdettes and prove without a doubt nerds are sexy .

The Athens, Ga.-based brewery recently finished up an expansion, and they've been rolling out new beers left and right.

Bristol Crown Court heard Ryan Appleford had celebrated New Year's Eve with mates in the city centre when he was mugged at knifepoint early on New Year's Day.

The 39-year-old model raises kids Leni, nine, Henry, seven, Johan, six and Lou, three, with former husband Seal, and despite her busy schedule, she tries to be around to spend quality time with them whenever possible.

Donald Ford and Melissa Mathews' wedding is going to the dogs, and they wouldn't have it any other way.

Many Americans dutifully make New Year's Resolutions, but unfortunately most get broken or forgotten before too long.

In December James Cleaveland made an unusual New Year's resolution: to do all he could to keep police in the city of Keene, New Hampshire, from issuing parking tickets.

Frank van Wezel gets an email near midnight every Dec. 31. It's always from the same person - a Hi-Tec customer in Spain.

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