All News... Medway at Large - Reporters' Notebook (The Kent Messenger)

Writing this remotedly from from home up northish in the hood. Didn't have time to update today but just wanted to write a few lines to keep up appearances before this blog returns with a proper regular flourish in the New Year.

DAILY EXPRESS NEWS (Sabah Daily Express)

Kuala Lumpur : Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hopes the New Year will be more prosperous for the country and the people.

Scare tactics, rains trim down revelry-related injuries - DOH (GMA News)

(Updated 4 p.m.) MANILA, Philippines - With the peak of celebrations to bid good-bye to 2008, revelry-related injuries more than doubled during the New Year's eve and the early hours of 2009 with reported cases reaching 346 as of Thursday morning. Despite reaching 346, the number of reported revelry-related injuries this year is still lower compared to previous years, officials said.

NYE partiers find appeal in Fremont Street Experience (Las Vegas Sun)

Thu, Jan 1, 2009 (3:57 a.m.) Fancy cocktails that flow freely on the Strip were nowhere to be seen on New Year's Eve under the Fremont Street Experience’s canopy of lights. Instead, people walked around holding plastic cups shaped as footballs filled to the brim with beer.

New Year revelry-related injuries reach 346, so far - DOH (GMA News)

(Updated 12:20 p.m.) MANILA, Philippines - With the peak of celebrations to usher in the new year, revelry-related injuries more than doubled during the New Year's eve and the early hours of 2009 with reported cases reaching 346 as of Thursday morning.