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  • 31 Dec 2012
    The two donkeys and David Cameron's New Year message

    Quaker Meetings are not hotbeds of the competitive instinct and in most Meeting Houses you will probably find a poster depicting two donkeys tethered to each other, straining in opposite directions to reach bundles of hay. In the second frame, the animals have realised the futility of their actions and are standing side by side munching contentedly from the same manger. 'Co-operation is better than conflict' is the caption.

  • 1 Jan 2012
    New Year, polemic and asterisks

    New Year was not kept in my childhood home. My parents believed that every day was the beginning of a new year.

  • 1 Jan 2012
    Occupy London hopeful about 2012, in spite of threats

    Occupy London, part of the global movement for social and economic justice, is welcoming local people visitors joining them for New Year’s celebrations.

  • 4 Jan 2011
    Join the Revolution for a happier New Year

    Resolution Revolution launches a new website to encourage 'social resolutions'

  • 2 Jan 2010
    Changing more than just the calendar

    New Year is a chronological convenience and the Gregorian division of times and seasons is by no means universal, says Jill Segger. But that doesn't mean that it should be passed up as an opportunity for real change.

  • 1 Jan 2010
    Australia lights New Year sky with 'green' fireworks

    An estimated 1.5 million people welcomed in 2010 around Sydney harbour, in what organisers call the biggest New Year's Eve show in the world - but one where great efforts had been made to emphasise green values.

  • 1 Jan 2008
    Cardinal makes New Year play for family values

    Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the spiritual leader of the Roman catholic Church in England and Wales, has used his New Year message to stress the importance of marriage and what are thought of as "traditional family values".

  • 21 Jan 2007
    Peacemakers involved in challenge to violent toys

    Supporters of the US- and Canadian-based international conflict transformation organisation Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) - now known worldwide as a result of the 2005-6 hostage crisis in Iraq - have been challenging the prevalence of war toys through nonviolent actions at a well known retailer.

  • 19 Jan 2007
    New Year on Julian calendar marks fresh era for Russian church

    When Russians celebrated the Julian calendar's New Year on 14 January 2007, they concluded an extended Christmas holiday with a particular significance for religion in their country - reports Sophia Kishkovsky from Moscow for Ecumenical News International.

  • 9 Jan 2007
    Northern Irish church heads unite in call to end bigotry

    The leaders of Northern Ireland's four major churches have called for an end to sectarianism and prejudice in a joint New Year message. The move represents an increasing willingness among Protestant and Catholic leaders to speak together in the face of division.