Friday, December 31, 2004
New Year begins as world mourns
The disaster has cast a shadow on New Year's events outside the quake zone:
Source: bbc
- In Turkey, a country frequently hit by earthquakes, plans to hold a huge party in Istanbul's Taksim square were called off by the city's mayor
- In Paris, black mourning crepe was strung throughout the city centre and along the traditional rallying-point of the Champs Elysees
- Sweden, Norway, Finland and Germany will honour their dead and missing by flying flags at half-mast throughout the night
- In London, a two-minute silence will precede a huge fireworks display attended by an expected 150,000 people along the River Thames. Read more
Source: bbc
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