Saturday, December 29, 2012
Best of 2012: Palaces of Benz, BMW, Audi & Porsche
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg heads to Germany to peek inside the world's greatest auto museums, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Audi. (Source: Bloomberg)
Times Square New Year's Eve ball gets new crystals (1:12)
Dec. 27 - Workers put the finishing touches to the 2013 Times Square New Year's Eve ball, which is dedicated to late American television personality Dick Clark, who hosted the New York New Year's eve ceremony for 40 years. Tara Cleary reports
Floating spheres carry New Year wishes (0:32)
Dec. 27 - Singapore residents write their New Year messages and wishes on plastic spheres that float on the river, in preparation for the countdown to 2013. Tara Cleary reports
Vietnam's trawlers navigate troubled seas
Published 29 December 2012 05:15
Vietnam's fishermen say they'll continue to work in disputed waters despite increased hostility from China. The Vietnamese are locked in a territorial dispute over parts of the South China Sea, which Vietnam calls the East Sea. But Chinese government insists its navy is entitled to intercept Vietnamese boats for trespassing. Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Ly Son Island, Vietnam.
Sweden turns imported waste into energy
Published 29 December 2012 19:19
Sweden leads the way in keeping its waste out of landfill sites. It recycles what could be reused and burns what can be safely incinerated to provide power for a quarter of a million homes. But Sweden is so efficient at recycling that it actually import some rubbish from neighbouring countries to keep up with demand at power plants. Al Jazeera's Linda Nyberg reports from Uppsala.
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