Muted New Year in respect for the dead

Happy New Year? Not this year, not in quake-tsunami region.

Fri, 31 Dec, 2004 - 09:33

Happy New Year? Not this year, not in quake-tsunami region.

Authorities around the Asian region battered by the tragedy that killed more than 100,000 people scaled back or cancelled celebrations today.

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