Copenhagen must result in more aid to poor countries Oct 12, 2009
Padang people understand trauma well: the city was badly hit by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. In many of the surrounding villages, close to the quake's epicentre, the impact has been severe. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Redemption for Punter's men will start in Brisbane Oct 9, 2009
Tests in Adelaide (December 3 to 7) and Perth (December 16 to 20) will follow the opening match at the Gabba, with Melbourne's traditional Boxing Day fixture (December 26 to 30) and Sydney's New Year Test (January 3 to 7) completing the schedule. CA chief executive James Sutherland said he was looking forward to another thrilling contest between cricket's biggest rivals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
WA trading hours extended Oct 7, 2009
Perth joined Fremantle last year in being able to open on Boxing Day, while the CBD also received permission to join the port centre in trading on Anzac Day this year. However, the cities have been protective of their extra trading advantage, especially in the wake of the Liberal Party's decision to introduce the. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Budget Christmas Shopping Ideas Oct 6, 2009
Ideally, start on Boxing Day when there are huge sales to clear stocks. Keep watching out for other sales over time to pick up great bargains. (Suite101.com)
Lee ready to put in the hours to secure Test recall Oct 5, 2009
Lee has played just one first-class match since last summer's Boxing Day Test, in which he strained a side muscle that ruled him out of the Ashes. He described Australia's condensed program of limited-overs cricket as "almost like playing a Test match, anyway, because you have to back up the next day". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Navy sends help to Indonesia Oct 4, 2009
It also provided humanitarian aid in Banda Aceh and Sabang following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. The last time we were involved, Kanimbla was up there for some three months. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Picking up the pieces Oct 3, 2009
There was immediate anticipation of a tsunami because the monster that battered Indian Ocean coastlines on Boxing Day 2004 was still fresh in minds recently exposed to a prescient education campaign. But many tourists, wistfully casting off the cares of the world, were less attuned to nature's wrath. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Aid agencies stretched as teams battle disasters on two fronts Oct 3, 2009
We already have emergency equipment positioned in Padang, so we are immediately distributing that, and we have more emergency supplies that can be deployed quickly from elsewhere in Indonesia," Oxfam's Sebastian Fesneau said. The Australian Red Cross has sent a small team to Samoa to provide specialist help to its Samoan affiliate in the areas of water, psycho-social support and family reunions. The Indonesian Red Cross is co-ordinating relief efforts for the Sumatran quake victims but is... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The day the ground jumped up and down Oct 3, 2009
1 undersea tremor that produced the tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in a dozen countries on Boxing Day, 2004. Most of the dead were Indonesian. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Surviving the Padang Quake: 'Disasters Are Following Us' Oct 3, 2009
Following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, a 2006 earthquake hit the metropolis of Yogyakarta on the island of Java, killing more than 5,000 people. (A day before Padang was jolted, a South Pacific earthquake triggered a tsunami around the Samoan islands and Tonga, killing more than 100 people, but scientists are expressing reservations that the two sets of seismic activity along the so-called Ring of Fire were related. (Time.com)
On a windy night, dark thoughts arise from the sound and fury of the sea Oct 3, 2009
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami made people more aware. of the destructive power of tidal surges. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Danger zone just a stone's throw away Oct 2, 2009
3 Boxing Day earthquake in 2004 have been in the ring of fire around us. Mr Gibson said magnitude 7 earthquakes were common to our east and the region had experienced a few of magnitude 8. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Survivors 'churned in washing machines': doctor Oct 2, 2009
The orthopaedic surgeon said wounds were similar to those seen in the Boxing Day tsunami - small but potentially fatal. "We're seeing a lot of lacerations, tiny cuts everywhere going in all directions thanks to the sharp rocks and coral," Dr Atkinson said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Horror in Pacific tourist paradise... Oct 1, 2009
Indonesian quakes along same fault line as quake that caused 2004 Boxing Day tsunami ... The Indonesian quakes took place on the same fault-line as the devastating Boxing Day tsunami which killed 230,000. (The Drudge Report)
When two plates collide: rupture set off wave Oct 1, 2009
3-magnitude earthquake off Sumatra that triggered the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami, killing more than 200,000 people. This meant that a devastating tsunami could be produced locally, but it was unlikely to seriously affect countries on the boundary of the Pacific,'' he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Samoan clean-up begins Oct 1, 2009
0 magnitude earthquake the Samoan islands' worst since in nearly a century unleashed a wall of water which smashed the coast, echoing Asia's catastrophic 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Truckloads of bodies. (iAfrica.com)
In Indonesia, A City's Worst Fears Come to Pass Oct 1, 2009
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and earthquake claimed 130,000 lives alone in Aceh, the northwestern tip of Sumatra that is not far from Padang on the western side of the island. In 2006, an earthquake hit the metropolis of Yogyakarta on the island of Java, killing more than 5,000 people. (Time.com)
Warning signals Oct 1, 2009
"The earthquake magnitude and deformation were much less than in the rare huge earthquakes of Magnitude 9.0 and higher, such as that off Chile in 1960, and the Boxing Day 2004 earthquake off Sumatra," explained Gary Gibson, the chairman of the executive committee of the International Seismological Centre. "The fault length for those was greater than 1,000km, and the plates moved 10-20m or more relative to each other.". (BBC News -- Technology)
Murali clash puts Vics' plans in spin Sep 30, 2009
Playing for Victoria would mean returning to the MCG, where he was famously no-balled for throwing in the 1995 Boxing Day Test, and another brush with Australian fans, with whom he has experienced a mixed reception over the years. But Muralidaran said he never had a problem with Australian crowds, only objecting to being labelled a chucker by former prime minister John Howard in 2004. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Timeline of major earthquakes and tsunamis in Asia/Pacific Sep 30, 2009
December 26, 2004, Boxing Day tsunami - More than 200,000 people are killed across Asia, as a tsunami hit Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India, following a 9. 3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
South Pacific tsunami toll rises: three Australians among dead, grave fears for others Sep 30, 2009
" The service, which has operations and staff in American Samoa, said its headquarters in Pago Pago, the capital of the main island of Tutuila, appeared to have been wiped out. The eastern part of the island remains without power or water supplies after the earthquake. An Associated Press reporter saw the bodies of about 20 victims in a hospital at Lalomanu town on the south coast of Samoa's main island, Upolu, and said the surrounding tourist coast had been flattened, with the dead including... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Australian woman killed as massive quake triggers Pacific tsunami Sep 30, 2009
Quake close to Boxing Day 2004 magnitude ... The 2004 Boxing Day earthquake that created the devastating Asian tsunami measured about 9. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
World's expiry date: 21 Dec 2012? Sep 25, 2009
According to web's conspiracy theorists, the bots accurately predicted the September 11 attacks and the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, and now they believe that a cataclysm of some sort will devastate the planet on 21 December, 2012. Developed in the 1990s to predict stock market movements, the software is similar to the "spiders" that search engines use to index web pages. (India Times)
Why Melbourne have taken the saintly approach in the face of AFLstorm Sep 25, 2009
There are three big days on the Melbourne sports calendar - grand final day, Melbourne Cup day and Boxing Day. We think being part of one of those is a privilege. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Only time will tell if Pies v Cats is a spectacle to rival thegreatest contests Sep 19, 2009
THE loudest noise heard at the MCG was not when Rodney Hogg bowled Geoff Boycott during the 1978-79 Ashes series or even when Dennis Lillee dismissed three West Indians including Viv Richards in the Boxing Day gloaming three years later. It was when Collingwood forward Anthony Rocca kicked the winning goal during the Magpies preliminary final against Adelaide in 2002. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Yeah, Yeah, Mr. President, More of Such Public Declarations Sep 19, 2009
We have the Christian and Muslim Holidays, Boxing Day, New Year Day, Independence Day, May Day, AU Day, Republic Day, Farmers Day and what have you. In addition, once in every four years, December 8 is declared a public Holiday for the conduct of both Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
When tragedy strikes Sep 16, 2009
SURELY, none can forget the deadly 2004 Asian tsunami which took some 300,000 lives on Boxing Day. For South Korean fimmaker JK Youn, the historic disaster even inspired him to make a movie Tsunami At Haeundae. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
No forced work on public holidays Sep 14, 2009
THE State Government has toughened restrictions on major retailers opening on Boxing Day under legislation that also prevents shops from forcing staff to work on public holidays. Religious and community groups had said they were outraged at the extent of Boxing Day trading across NSW last year ... Retailers with exemptions to trade on Boxing Day in the Sydney and Newcastle CBD are unaffected by the new changes, as are small businesses. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Muslims criticise new opening laws Sep 12, 2009
The state government is banning most shops from opening on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Easter Sunday and Good Friday unless their owners can prove compelling demand from the local community. Shops will also only be able to open for half a day on ANZAC day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Watson denies 'marriage' with Lee is on rocks Sep 6, 2009
His last Test appearance came during Australia's nine-wicket loss to the Proteas in the Boxing Day Test last year, during which he succumbed to foot and ankle injuries that required surgery and kept him out of the subsequent tour to South Africa. Lee appeared to have rediscovered peak form by taking seven wickets in the tour match against the Lions just before the first Test, but picked up the side strain that ruled him out of the first three Ashes Tests, while selectors did not wish to gamble... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Arterton to start work on Drewe Sep 3, 2009
Page last updated at 14:43 GMT, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 15:43 UK. The Tamara Drewe strip appeared regularly in the Guardian newspaper. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
All Men are Liars: Sep 1, 2009
Bondi's not alone in receiving this treatment from the suburban hordes: The Gold Coast, Cottesloe Beach and St Kilda all probably cop similar abuse at some time during the year but I doubt it's ever on the scale Bondi does for events as varied as Australia Day, Boxing Day or any summer weekend above 35 degrees. Posted at 12:30 AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Murali set to play Twenty20 for Victoria Aug 25, 2009
The return of Muralitharan, 37, to the MCG will complete a remarkable cycle for the bowler, as it will be 14 years since he was famously no-balled for throwing during the 1995 Boxing Day Test. Australian states can sign two internationals for next year's Twenty20 competition, and among the other stars already signed are the West Indies' Chris Gayle (Western Australia) and Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga (Tasmania). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Carsales in gear for growth Aug 22, 2009
The rush by institutions to get set in the Carsales float last week was reminiscent of a Boxing Day crowd in Pitt Street for the Myer sale. An innovative upfront bookbuild structure saw the issue price set and the institutional component fully sold before the prospectus was lodged. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
National Hajj Committee, Dont Ask What Ghana Cannot Afford Aug 21, 2009
The National Hajj Committee must know that Christmas holiday is observed on the 25th of December and the 26th is a boxing day and NOT an extension of the Christmas holiday. Why can't we be content and appreciative of the one day public holiday. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Optimum Scheduling Of Soccer Games: Planning English Football Fixtures Aug 19, 2009
Ensure club plays at least one away match and one home match over Boxing Day and New Year s Day. Limit the number of London clubs playing at home on any one day. (Science Daily)
Make Easter Sunday a public holiday, says report Aug 18, 2009
The report said it would be ''a small step'' to provide additional days off when Christmas and Boxing Day fell on a Sunday - ''especially given broad community expectation that families will enjoy a two-day break at Christmas. The secretary of Unions NSW, Mark Lennon, said Australians ''cherish their public holidays as a chance to reconnect with close friends and family'' and the union would continue to push for a compensating day off. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
'Gift of the gab' Jul 29, 2009
The day after Christmas Day, Boxing Day is usually a slow day in newsrooms, and the four of us who were at work in the BBC's Focus on Africa office that Boxing Day were probably cursing our luck that we were at work when most other people were nursing their Christmas hangovers at home. The phone rang and the voice at the end said he was Charles Taylor, he had launched an invasion into Liberia to throw out the head of state, Master Sergeant Samuel Kanyon Doe. (BBC News -- Africa)
Australia sweat on Lee Jul 22, 2009
"Lee has not played for Australia at the pinnacle form of the game since the Boxing Day Test defeat to South Africa over the winter.He displayed his credentials for a return with six first-innings wickets against England Lions last month but suffered discomfort in his ribs as a by-product.Without playing in a competitive environment beforehand it is now hard to see how Australia could take a fitness gamble on the 76-Test veteran next week.Nielsen confirmed: "The injury that he has is a... (iAfrica.com)
Lucky Country Jul 21, 2009
Cox and the director, Kriv Stenders (who made Blacktown and Boxing Day), may want to tear down the Lawson mythology, to make a modern thriller with a brain, but they end up in the same kind of lather, cowering before the landscape. Cox's thoughts about the great Australian experiment are like a chain around this film's neck. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Man faces jail over nurse abduction Jul 21, 2009
I wish him well in the future and I will pray for him. " Ngema was in the country despite being deported in 2002 after a failed claim for asylum. He had been using his brother's passport and had only known his victim briefly before the attack at her home. At a hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh in April he pleaded guilty to 14 charges, including theft from a cash machine and a string of frauds using Ms Makola's bank cards at designer shops in the run up to Christmas. He will be sentenced at... (ITV news, UK -- News)
The thrill of the pace Jul 17, 2009
His 2005 debut, The Illustrated Family Doctor, was a mordant black comedy, while his two subsequent pictures, 2005's Blacktown and 2007's Boxing Day, were micro-budget digital features, often with non-actors and improvised dialogue from detailed outlines. "I learnt a lot from those last two films," Stenders observes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tsunami alert after NZ earthquake Jul 16, 2009
The co-director of the Australian Tsunami Research Centre, Dale Dominey-Howes, said last night was only the second time the Australia Tsunami Warning System, developed after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, had been activated for the east coast. He said readings from the tsunami would be analysed to assess the accuracy of modelling used by the system. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The same - but different - in Indonesia Jul 10, 2009
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami provided an opportunity to make peace in Aceh, with massive international aid as a wedge to supplant the military fiefdom there. The October 2005 attacks on popular restaurants in Bali - the first confirmed suicide bombings in Indonesia - were an opportunity to get previously cowardly clerics and politicians to denounce Muslim extremism and create a public consensus against waging jihad on Indonesian soil. (Asia Times Online)
Ponting issues challenge Jul 8, 2009
Lee, 32, only recently returned to action after undergoing foot and ankle surgery following the 2008 Boxing Day Test defeat against South Africa. But, as they did on the tour of South Africa earlier this year, the Australians' other pacemen must provide the firepower if they are to set up series victory. (iAfrica.com)
Ashes destroyer Jones says Lee will swing momentum Jul 4, 2009
In between he struggled with form, fitness and illness in India and was overtaken as the leader of the attack by Mitchell Johnson when he broke his foot in the Boxing Day Test. Not until his destructive spell on Thursday was there any convincing evidence that Lee would be able to recapture the mixture of hostility and consistency that made him one of the world's finest pacemen after the retirement of Glenn McGrath, who gave the fast bowlers a pep talk on how to succeed in England when he passed... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Experience the Nature of Sydney Jun 29, 2009
The cottages are at the starting point of the South Head Heritage Trail, a 1 ; kilometer walk leading to Lady Jayne, a nudist beach and favourite viewing spot for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race each Boxing Day. (Getaway. (Suite101.com)
Ponting wants Lee at express setting Jun 24, 2009
Lee has not played anything other than Twenty20 at this level since the Boxing Day Test, when he broke down with ankle and foot injuries, while Clark's most recent Test was against New Zealand in November-December. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Bid for Afridi Jun 23, 2009
They have no tour games between August 12 - a Twenty20 clash in Sri Lanka - and the Boxing Day clash at the MCG, although they will be involved in the two-week ICC Champions Trophy tournament in South Africa from September 24 to October 5. It leaves an opportunity for Afridi to represent NSW in all three formats. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Katich backs Lee's Test recall Jun 20, 2009
Lee's place in the touring party was last week questioned by former Test paceman Geoff Lawson, and he has played only a handful of Twenty20 games in the six months since breaking his foot during the Boxing Day Test. Katich leapt to the strike bowler's defence but Lee's selection prospects depend on whether he can prove he still belongs in Australia's best attack. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Burney to sue health service Jun 18, 2009
Mr Farley, a former head of the National Farmers Federation, died after falling from a wheelchair outside Balmain Hospital, having been admitted following a brain aneurism on Boxing Day in 2005. Reports from the time suggested Mr Farley had wheeled himself out of the hospital building on May 13, 2006, before seeking help from a man to get up a steep ramp. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Graffiti gang jailed over vandalism Jun 18, 2009
Scott Mulhearn, 21, Adrian Hing, 22, Luke Vassell, 23, Jack Shumack, 24, and Alex Wisman, 24, were also jailed over the vandalism attacks between late summer and Boxing Day last year. Mulhearn received 14 months imprisonment, Shumack and Hing were both sentenced to 12 months, Vassell received a 10-month sentence and Alex Wisman was jailed for eight months. (BBC News -- UK)
Mum defended at coronial inquest Jun 17, 2009
Bradford Pholi was 10 when he went missing from his home in Sydney's northwestern suburb of Dundas around midday on Boxing Day, 1982. His mother Lorna Pholi reported him missing 24 hours later. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Symonds to be sent home from T20 tournament Jun 5, 2009
Symonds has had a chequered 26-Test career and has not played a Test for Australia since Boxing Day last year against South Africa in Melbourne. Recommend. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Hobart handed potential Test series decider next summer May 27, 2009
The traditional Boxing Day fixture at the MCG will be the series opener against Pakistan. The second clash will be in Sydney (Jan 3-7) before the potential decider is held in Hobart from January 14-18. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
No Ashes for Symonds May 20, 2009
Symonds has had a chequered 26-Test career and has not played for Australia since last year's Boxing Day Test against South Africa in Melbourne following a season of injury, poor form and off-field personal problems. "Selectors have a tough job picking any team and it's obviously hard picking an Ashes squad and unfortunately for Andrew this time there hasn't been room in the 16-man squad for him," skipper Ricky Ponting said at the team announcement. (iAfrica.com)
Cricket: Symonds lef out of Australia's squad for Ashes May 20, 2009
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Tamil Tigers failed to learn from tsunami tragedy May 19, 2009
I had been allowed into this high-security enclave because the refugees who populated it had become homeless again after their houses, and a very large number of their children, had been washed away in the Boxing Day tsunami. Their lives were odysseys of unimaginable loss: children given away, and in some cases taken away, to join the LTTE war, then forced out of their homes to this ideologically pure encampment on the shore only to have their remaining children swept from their arms by a... (Globe and Mail -- International)
The opening pair who hit Warnie for six May 16, 2009
" Invited to sing the national anthem before the Boxing Day Test, Perfect had another surreal encounter. "I was about to sing when Shane Warne bounds up in a suit, about to do his commentating, and said, 'G'day Eddie. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Saturday's TV: Billy Connollly May 15, 2009
Had this documentary about the causes of the catastrophic 2004 Boxing Day tsunami not been narrated by the kind of oily voice that used to introduce B-grade comedies before the "feature presentation" on video rentals, I would have enjoyed it more. Eventually I got over it and watched wide-eyed the shocking footage (real and re-enacted) of giant waves flattening coastal communities from Sumatra to the Maldives, killing an estimated 230,000 people. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Traditional English drink just isn't her cup of tea May 11, 2009
We always had high tea on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas) when visiting relatives who lived up north. The large dining table would be first spread with a pristine, white cloth with maybe a lace cover. (New Iberia, LA)
Lee returns but Watson hurt again May 9, 2009
Lee, who broke down in the Boxing Day Test, requiring another round of ankle surgery, was beaming after his hit-out which began in startling fashion. The paceman fired in a snorting first ball at 149kmh, catching the edge of Salman Butt's bat as it flew to the slips cordon. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Lee, Watson named for T20 World Cup May 5, 2009
Lee hasn't bowled for Australia since he suffered a foot and ankle injury during last year's Boxing Day test against South Africa at Melbourne. Watson played as a batsman in Australia's five one-day internationals against Pakistan, but has not bowled since last November because of stress fractures in his back. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Lee to jump first hurdle in Ashes comeback bid May 5, 2009
For 32-year-old Lee, it will be his first game since surgery to repair ankle stress fractures after last year's Boxing Day Test. Watson (back) has played as a batsman in the five-game one-day series against Pakistan, but has not bowled since November. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Sun, sea, spade, maypole, cheese rolling? May 5, 2009
These, in England and Wales at least, were Easter Monday, Whit Monday, First Monday in August and Boxing Day. Seaside invasion. (BBC News -- UK)
