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China gears up for peak New Year travel period China was gearing up Saturday for the peak travel period of the world's largest annual human migration as the Spring Festival national holidays draws near.

25 January 2014

Chinese New Year travels to top 3.6 billion: official A total of 3.6 billion trips are expected to be made during the Chinese New Year holiday, officials said Tuesday, as workers head home in the world's largest human migration.

14 January 2014

70 people injured by fireworks in Almaty Around 70 people were injured by fireworks on the New Year’s night in Almaty.

08 January 2014

Park proposes new family reunions with N. Korea South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Monday proposed fresh reunions of families separated by the Korean War after a previous bid was cancelled by Pyongyang, and promised increased humanitarian aid to the impoverished North.

06 January 2014

Tokyo fire stops bullet trains, strands holidaymakers A fire near a central Tokyo station threw parts of Japan's bullet train system into chaos on Friday, as tens of thousands of passengers tried to return home from New Year holidays.

03 January 2014

Dollar gains on euro as new year opens The dollar rose against the euro Thursday as investors pushed back into the greenback and sent US bond yields lower.

03 January 2014

Giant yellow duck explodes in Taiwan...again A giant yellow duck on display in a northern Taiwan port exploded Tuesday, just hours before it was expected to attract a big crowd to count down the new year.

01 January 2014

Sparkling Sydney to kick off glitzy global 2014 party Sydney promised an unprecedented fireworks spectacular to kick off global new year celebrations Tuesday, the first in a wave of pyrotechnics to usher in 2014 from Hong Kong to world record-chasing Dubai.

31 December 2013

Indonesia sharia stronghold bans New Year's festivities Islamic police in Indonesia's sharia stronghold seized thousands of firecrackers and cardboard trumpets after the city administration banned New Year's Eve celebrations for the first time, an official said Tuesday.

31 December 2013

New Year on ice as weather stalls Antarctic air-sea rescue An icebound Russian research vessel prepared to ring in the New Year in remote Antarctica Tuesday as blizzards hampered a helicopter rescue planned after several icebreaking attempts failed.

31 December 2013

Royal baby birth doctor knighted, Beckham snubbed The gynaecologist who helped deliver the first child of Prince William and his wife Kate was given a knighthood and veteran actress Angela Lansbury was made a dame in Britain's New Year Honours List released Tuesday.

31 December 2013

Fireworks injure 160 as Philippines readies for New Year More than 160 people have been injured by fireworks in the Philippines as they prepared to welcome the New Year, the government said Saturday.

28 December 2013

January 1 to 5 - rest days in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan residents can relax and enjoy their New Year holiday from January 1 to 5 in 2014.

08 December 2013

US aims lucky 'Year of the Horse' greenbacks at Chinese The US Treasury is selling red "hong bao" envelopes with "lucky" dollars bearing auspicious serial numbers to mark the Chinese Year of the Horse next year.

04 December 2013

Cutting or damaging conifer trees punishable by law in Kazakhstan Cutting of 7 or more conifer trees in Kazakhstan is a criminal offense in Kazakhstan.

28 November 2013

Almaty to light this year's Christmas Tree on December 1 This year's lighting of the main New Year Tree of Almaty city will take place on December 1.

22 November 2013

China holiday retail sales jump 15%: government China on Saturday said retail sales jumped nearly 15 percent on-year during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday, as consumers splurged on jewellery, clothes and food.

16 February 2013

Year of Snake sees serpent sales soar in Hong Kong As Hong Kong prepares to usher in the Year of the Snake, an increasing number of the reptiles are slithering their way into local households, with sales of the uncuddly pet rocketing.

09 February 2013

Google maps New Year's resolutions around the world Google is letting people peg their New Year's resolutions to an online map and see what promises others around the world have set out to keep in 2013.

06 January 2013

Kazakhstan residents made 93 million calls on New Year night Kazakhstan cellular operators gave statistics of phone calls and messages on New Year days.

04 January 2013

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