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TOKELAU News, Dec 30, 2011


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Samoa and Tokelau Cross International Date Line
Voice of America (blog)
The tiny Pacific island nation of Samoa and nearby atolls of New Zealand-administeredTokelau have changed time zones to align themselves with their trading partners in the region. At the stroke of midnight , the islands reversed a 120-year-old policy ...
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Samoa, Tokelau Skip December 30
ABC News
Funeral under way for Kim Jong Il as son is set to take the helm.
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Samoa goes back to the future
ITN
Samoa and Tokelau have skipped a day and jumped from east to west of the international dateline to align with trade partners. As the clock struck midnight on 29 December, Samoa and Tokelau went straight to 31 December, missing out on 30 December. ...
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ITN
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 ...
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Samoa And Tokelau Cross International Date Line
Salon
The switch, also being observed by neighboring Tokelau, is meant to align the islands' time with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations ...
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Samoa, Tokelau cross international dateline
DesMoinesRegister.com
Samoa, pictured here, and New Zealand-administered Tokelau skip a day as they jump over the international dateline to improve trade and tourism. / File photo by Hannah Johnston, Getty Images APIA, Samoa (AP) — Sirens wailed and fireworks exploded in...
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Samoa, Tokelau skip across international date line
KTAR.com
The switch, also being observed by neighboring Tokelau, is meant to align the islands' time with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations ...
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Samoa and Tokelau to cross international date line
7Online.com
By KENI LESA APIA, Samoa -- The tiny South Pacific nation of Samoa and its neighbor Tokelau will jump forward in time on Thursday, crossing westward over the international date line to align themselves with their other 21st century trading partners ...
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Top a.m. stories, 12/30
San Angelo Standard Times
AP photos. SAMOA-DATELINE Cheers and fireworks as Samoa and Tokelau cross international date line and jump forward a day. PAKISTAN Pakistan Supreme Court sets up commission to probe memo scandal, dealing blow to government. AP photos.
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Samoa skips an entire day to align with Asia
Montreal Gazette
The small former New Zealand dependency Tokelau, which has its administration in Samoa's capital Apia, is also changing datelines, while nearby American Samoa will continue to be on the other side of the dateline and will be a day behind. ...
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Samoa skips Friday in leap across date line
AZ Central.com
The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations dependency of Tokelau, which also shifted, will now be the first in the world to ring in the new year, rather than the last. The date line dance came 119 ...
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NBA Standings
Salon
The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations dependency of Tokelau, which also shifted, will now be the first in the world to ring in the new year, rather than the last. The date line dance came 119 ...
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Alaska Teen Who Was Injected With Heroin Dies
Salon
The switch, also being observed by neighboring Tokelau, is meant to align the islands' time with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations ...
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Alaska Teen Who Was Injected With Heroin Dies
Salon
The switch, also being observed by neighboring Tokelau, is meant to align the islands' time with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations ...
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Brady Returns To Practice After Report Of Injury
Salon
The switch, also being observed by neighboring Tokelau, is meant to align the islands' time with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations ...
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Florida Hit Hardest By Sears Store Closings
Salon
The switch, also being observed by neighboring Tokelau, is meant to align the islands' time with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations ...
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Muslims Upset By NYPD To Boycott Mayor's Breakfast
Salon
The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the three-atoll United Nations dependency of Tokelau, which also shifted, will now be the first in the world to ring in the new year, rather than the last. The date line dance came 119 ...
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Samoa, Tokelau Skip Across International Date Line And Erase Dec ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
But the time zone put Samoa and Tokelau nearly a full day behind neighboring Australia and New Zealand, which are increasingly important trading partners. In June, the ....Samoa and Tokelau to Cross International Date Line - ABC News ...
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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 and Tokelau Cross International Date Line | Pakistan News
By VOA
The tiny Pacific island nation of Samoa and nearby atolls of New Zealand-administeredTokelau are skipping Friday this year and moving from Thursday straight to Saturday to align themselves with their trading partners in the region. ...
Pakistan News
Samoa, Tokelau skip across international date line | MyPress.SE ...
By NewsDesk - Christer Ornestad
The switch, also being observed by neighboring Tokelau, is meant to align the islands' time with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The time jump means that Samoa's 186000 citizens, and the 1500 in the… WN.com – Asia News ...
MyPress.SE - Universal News Agency
Samoa and Tokelau Cross International Date Line
The tiny Pacific island nation of Samoa and nearby atolls of New Zealand-administeredTokelau have changed time zones to align themselves with their trading ...
blogs.voanews.com/.../samoa-and-tokelau-cross-international-...
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 And Tokelau To Skip December 30 | Fox News
The tiny South Pacific nation of Samoa and its neighbor Tokelau will jump forward in time on Thursday, crossing westward over the international date line to align themselves with their ...
www.foxnews.com/.../samoa-and-tokelau-to-skip-december-3...
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-...
Samoa, Tokelau skip across international date line - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Sirens wailed and fireworks exploded in the skies over Samoa as the tiny South Pacific nation jumped forward in time, crossing westward ...
news.yahoo.com/samoa-tokelau-skip-across-international-date...
Samoa, Tokelau Skip a Day in 2011 | Video - ABC News
The tiny Pacific nations are removing Dec. 30 from this calendar year.
abcnews.go.com/.../samoa-and-tokelau-skip-december-30-152...
Date line shift means Samoa, Tokelau skip ahead a day | CTV News
Residents of Samoa have done their own version of a time warp as clocks in the island nation moved ahead one day -- marking a shift over the international date ...
www.ctv.ca/.../samoa--crosses-international-date-line-111230/
Samoa and Tokelau cross date line - World News, Breaking News ...
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 ...
www.independent.ie/.../samoa-and-tokelau-cross-date-line-297...
Samoa and Tokelau cross international date line | KRGV.com ...
APIA, Samoa (AP) Sirens wailed and fireworks exploded in the skies over Samoa as the tiny South Pacific nation crossed westward over the international date ...
www.krgv.com/.../samoa-and-tokelau-cross-international-date-...
Samoa and Tokelau cross international date line - CBS News
(AP) APIA, Samoa — Sirens wailed and fireworks exploded in the skies over Samoa as the tiny South Pacific nation crossed westward over the international ...
www.cbsnews.com/.../samoa-and-tokelau-cross-international-d...
Samoa, Tokelau jump international dateline | News.com.au
SIRENS wailed and fireworks exploded in the skies over Samoa as the tiny South Pacific country jumped forward in time, crossing westward over the ...
www.news.com.au/world/.../story-e6frfkyi-1226233641917
Samoa and Tokelau Cross International Date ... - VOA blogs... - News
The tiny Pacific island nation of Samoa and nearby atolls of New Zealand- administeredTokelau skipped Friday this year and moved from Thursday straight to ...
blogs.voanews.com/.../samoa-and-tokelau-cross-international-...
Samoa, Tokelau to cross dateline | Otago Daily Times Online News ...
Today marks the last day for true Samoan and Tokelau time, as tomorrow they will skip a whole day to align their dates with New Zealand.
www.odt.co.nz/news/national/.../samoa-tokelau-cross-dateline
Time Travel: Samoa and Tokelau to Move a Day ... - ABC News Radio
World News and Headlines From ABC News Radio.
abcnewsradioonline.com/.../time-travel-samoa-and-tokelau-to-...
Samoa, Tokelau to skip December 30 in 2011 - Odd News - Digital ...
Samoa and Tokelau will jump the dateline and skip December 30 this year.
www.digitalspy.co.uk/.../samoa-tokelau-to-skip-december-30-i...
Aamoa & Tokelau jump forward in time CCTV News - CNTV English
The tiny South Pacific nation of Samoa and its neighbour Tokelau will jump forward in time, crossing westward over the international date line to align ...
english.cntv.cn/program/newsupdate/20111230/123519.shtml
Samoa and Tokelau to cross international date line - World news ...
The tiny South Pacific nation of Samoa and its neighbor Tokelau will jump forward in time on Thursday, crossing westward over the international date line to ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../samoa-tokelau-cross-international-dat...
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SAMOA News, Dec 30, 2011


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Samoa skips Friday in leap across international date line
msnbc.com
Samoa and New Zealand-administered Tokelau skip a day as they jump over the international date line in an attempt to improve trade and tourism. By Keni Lesa APIA, Samoa — The weekend came sooner than usual for the tiny South Pacific island nation of ...
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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 ...
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Samoa to lose entire day
The Age
Samoa will jump forward in time as it crosses westward over the international dateline to align itself with its main trading partners. 30/12/11 Up next... Investec Loyal's yacht race win upheld Sorry. An error occured when submitting the form. ...
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The Age
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, ...
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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 ...
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Samoa, Tokelau Skip December 30
ABC News
Funeral under way for Kim Jong Il as son is set to take the helm.
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Samoa goes back to the future
ITN
Samoa and Tokelau have skipped a day and jumped from east to west of the international dateline to align with trade partners. As the clock struck midnight on 29 December, Samoa and Tokelau went straight to 31 December, missing out on 30 December. ...
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ITN
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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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News for Youse: Margaret Thatcher, mysterious time loops, and appropriate uses ...
Straight.com
While News for Youse remains convinced that we've hit some sort of malleable timeline, the "official" explanation was a shift in the international date line, which moved Samoa into the same time zone as its Pacific trading partners. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Like A Building Falling On Your Head
Tehelka
Margaret Mead on Samoa. Any number of eye-popping, buttockwaving Harold Robbins. War and Peace during a bout of measles. A humongous Freud biography. Some I enjoyed tremendously (The Bible and Harold Robbins). Some were good in parts, like the curate's ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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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