Stories for December 31st 2006

Sunday, December 31st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Castro admits “slow recovery from surgery” in message

Cuban President Fidel Castro said in his New Year message on Saturday that he is recovering slowly from surgery and has been collaborating with doctors as “a disciplined patient”.

Sunday, December 31st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Aussies usher '07 with Sydney fireworks

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Harbor Bridge in the annual display to celebrate the New Year in Sydney

Wind-swept revelers gathered around London's Big Ben to watch the fireworks, and thousands of Japanese climbed Mount Fuji and other peaks to watch the first sunrise of the New Year. But the Thai capital sent celebrants home after a series of evening bombs

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