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| Samoa cancels Dec 30 in time leap IT Business Net By GrabNetworks Samoa skips 24 hours ahead as it ditches a time-zone alliance with the United States. Introducing Canon`s Cinema EOS motion picture system. Every detail, from form factor and lenses to sensor design, dynamic range and codec is designed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Samoa's New Year's Eve comes a day early - video The Guardian Samoa skips a whole day to leap to the other side of the international dateline, catching up with its economic partners in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. On New Year's Eve,Samoa will have jumped to the west of the international dateline, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| BC-AS--Samoa-Dateline,0134 KGAN WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time in a month. But a measure of applications over the past month fell to a three-and-a-half-year low, an indication that hiring could pick up. ... the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Samoa, Tokelau Skip December 30 ABC News Funeral under way for Kim Jong Il as son is set to take the helm. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Samoa and the new sequence of days in 2012 Voxy Samoa's shift to the west to align with days in New Zealand and Australia next week will also see a change in the sequence of days of the week according to the new calendar being adopted by the Seventh-day Adventist church in Samoa, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Five Things to Know Today, Dec. 30 Patch.com 30, 2011 doesn't exist for Samoa. Because the time zone has been problematic to them for more than a hundred years, the South Pacific nation of Samoa is skipping Friday altogether. According to The Christian Science Monitor and CNBC, at midnight last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Preview: Wasps v Worcester Planet Rugby Samoa international back row Ezra Taylor will make his club debut as Worcester Warriors travel to Adams Park to face London Wasps on New Year's Day. Taylor arrived at Sixways just prior to Christmas and is now given the number eight jersey as Head ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Freaky Friday Marshall Independent (blog) Samoans did just that this week and no they weren't in a mass coma or sleeping off a pre-New Year's Eve bender. Samoa switched from a time zone that matched the United States' to one that meshes with neighbors Asia, New Zealand and Australia so it can ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 30, 2011 Patch.com Well, Samoa (neighboring America Samoa, south of the equator and about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand), chose earlier this year to switch to the western side of the international dateline, vaulting it from Dec. 29 to Dec. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Upgrades & Downgrades: Analyst Picks Up Phone Stocks Minyanville.com By Justin Sharon Dec 30, 2011 9:10 am Poor Samoa. Its decision to make December 30 disappear means missing out on all the fun of finding out whether the S&P 500 (^GSPC) finishes positive or negative for the year. The country's time-shifting move looks... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Humboldt Waste Management Authority votes to lease ACRC in hopes recycling ... Times-Standard The center has filed a lawsuit against the authority alleging that HWMA sabotaged ACRC's business in order to purchase the Samoa processing plant at a discounted price. The center is closing its doors in January. According to a letter from the board, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Samoa skips an entire day to align with Asia Montreal Gazette CANBERRA - If you are reading this on Friday you cannot be in Samoa. Friday, Dec. 30, has been cut this year for the tiny South Pacific island nation as it ditched a time-zone alliance with the United States and moved its time zone 24 hours ahead to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Reuters Odd News Summary Chicago Tribune New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps ahead CANBERRA (Reuters) - If you are reading this on Friday you cannot be in Samoa. Friday, December 30, has been cut this year for the tiny South Pacific island nation as it ditched a time-zone alliance ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| David Rothkopf: 2011: The Year That Never Was Foreign Policy (blog) Nothing captures the zeitgeist of this year of illusions, confusions, and deceptions better than what happened on December 30, 2011, in Samoa. Which is nothing. Because, as you may have read, Samoa determined to skip ahead in time in a way that had ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oconee Today ~ December 30 Patch.com This year, due to a change of time zone the day will be skipped in Samoa and Tokelau. It is the 6 th day of Christmas and recognized as Bacon Day (yeah … really!) Two of the Monkees were born on this day (what are the odds?): Mike Nesmith in 1942 and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Phuket Protection Call; Country Loses a Day; TripAdvisor 'Accurate'; World ... Phuketwan Associated Press At the stroke of midnight on December 29, the time in Samoa will leap forward to December 31 - New Year's Eve. Friday, December 30, 2011, will simply cease to exist as Samoa ''crosses the international dateline'' to be more closely ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 10 for the road: That's all, folks Chicago Tribune Samoa, South Pacific 7. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa 8. Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Ariz. 9. The Western Wall/Wailing Wall/Al-Buraq Wall/Kotel, Old City of Jerusalem, Israel 10. Lake Atitlan/Uaxactun Ruins/other locations, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Good Morning, News! The Portland Mercury (blog) But not Samoa! They skipped Friday! They get to die even quicker now! Happy New Year! Syrian activists, calling for a day of national demonstrations, naively hope the recent arrival of Arab League monitors will keep the Syrian military from its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TNA Impact Wrestling preview: Five matches advertised for tonight's television ... ProWrestling.net Samoa Joe and Magnus in a Wild Card tournament match. -Abyss and Scott Steiner vs. AJ Styles and Kazarian in a Wild Card tournament match. -Anthony Neese vs. Zema Ion in the deciding match for their best of three series. Powell's POV: TNA is also ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Super rugby titles, Tri Nations wins, World Cup disappointment but the future ... Herald Sun July 17: The warm glow of the Reds' triumph quickly turns cold as Samoa stuns the Wallabies to record one of the great international upsets. A lacklustre Australian side conceded four tries in the 32-23 defeat in Sydney, throwing serious doubt on their ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Samoa jumps international dateline | Top Stories | BigPond News Samoa has celebrated as the country jumped forward in time, crossing west over the international date line. Priority Top Stories |
| Samoa, Tokelau Skip Across International Date Line And Erase Dec ... By The Huffington Post News Editors Get Weird News Alerts. Sign Up. Submit this story. digg reddit stumble. APIA, Samoa— The weekend came sooner than usual for the tiny South Pacific island nation ofSamoa. When the clock struck midnight Thursday, the country skipped ... The Huffington Post | Full News Feed |
| New Year's Day Comes Early To Samoa - Airwise News New Year's Day will come early in Samoa after the tiny South Pacific nation cut Friday, December 30, from its 2011 calendar so it can catch up with Asia, New Zealand and Australia, ending 120 years of its time alliance with the United States. Airwise News Top Stories |
| Samoa skips a day, crosses international dateline - World News ... That has meant that when it's dawn Sunday in Samoa, it's already dawn Monday in adjacent Tonga and shortly before dawn Monday in nearby New Zealand, Australia and increasingly prominent eastern Asia trade partners such as China. ... IBN Top Headlines |
| No Dec. 30 in Samoa | Tempo - News in a Flash By Online CANBERRA (Reuters) – New Year's Day will come early in Samoa after the tiny South Pacific nation cut Friday, Dec. 30, from its 2011 calendar so it can catch up with Asia, New Zealand and Australia, ending 120 years of its time alliance with ... Tempo - News in a Flash |
| Fireworks, Celebrations As Samoa Skips Friday The tiny island's shift from one side of the International Dateline to the other means people there jumped from Thursday to Saturday. GPB News Feed |
| Time Travel: Samoa and Tokelau to Move a Day ... - ABC News Radio By Carmen Cox World News and Headlines From ABC News Radio. World News - ABC News Radio |
| Samoa, Tokelau skip across international date line | MyPress.SE ... By NewsDesk - Christer Ornestad On 2011/12/30, in News, by NewsDesk - Christer Ornestad. APIA, Samoa (AP) — Sirens wailed and fireworks exploded in the skies over Samoa as the tiny South Pacific nation jumped forward in time, crossing westward over the international ... MyPress.SE - Universal News Agency |
| World affairs | The day that never was in Samoa We have all woken up thinking we have lost a full day. It's just happened to a whole country. JOE.ie The Irish men's website: Home |
| Samoa and Tokelau Cross International Date Line | Pakistan News By VOA The tiny Pacific island nation of Samoa and nearby atolls of New Zealand-administered Tokelau are skipping Friday this year and moving from Thursday straight to Saturday to align themselves with their trading partners in the region. ... Pakistan News |
| BBC News - Samoa and Tokelau skip a day for dateline change Samoa and Tokelau skip a day and jump to the other side of the international dateline to align with trade partners. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16351377 |
| Samoa skips Friday in leap across international dateline ... The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens will now be the first in the world to ring in the new year, rather than the last. www.csmonitor.com/.../Samoa-skips-Friday-in-leap-across-int... |
| Times Are Changing: Samoa To 'Skip A Day - Sky News Occasionally we all wish we could skip a day. Well now that wish has come true for the people of Samoa. news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16138681 |
| Samoa set for "time travel" in date line jump - CBS News For tiny South Pacific nation and its neighbor Tokelau, Dec. 30 will never happen as they realign calendar. www.cbsnews.com/.../samoa-set-for-time-travel-in-date-line-ju... |
| Senator argues for delay of wage hikes to 2015 | Samoa News fili@samoanews.com. U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman told his congressional colleagues last Friday that “trade globalization and rising costs” contributed to American ... www.samoanews.com/?q=content/senator-argues-delay... |
| Samoa Skips Friday in Leap Across International Date Line AP APIA, Samoa – The weekend came sooner than usual for the tiny South Pacific island nation of Samoa. When the clock struck midnight Thursday, ... www.foxnews.com/.../samoa-skips-friday-in-leap-across-intern... |
| Time change has Samoa losing a day On December 29, Samoa will move its time zone a day ahead by shifting the international dateline to the east, bringing it into line with neighboring New ... www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAW6nbMP_video.html |
| Time Travel: Samoa and Tokelau to Move a Day Ahead - ABC News Samoa and Tokelau have decided to take the day off, but not in the traditional sense. The tiny Pacific nations will be moving to the other side of the international ... abcnews.go.com/.../time-travel-samoa-and-tokelau-to-move-a-... |
| There is no today in Samoa - news - dominion-post | Stuff.co.nz Samoa will jump forward in time as it crossed westward over the international dateline to align itself with its main trading partners throughout the region. ... www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/.../There-is-no-today-in-Samo... |
| Samoa will move a day ahead on the international dateline ... Samoa will erase today from its calendar as it moves a day ahead on the international dateline. tvnz.co.nz/world-news/samoa-leaps-into-future-4670513 |
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