o-----------ooO--(- Important Message -)--Ooo------------o | | | SAVE BANDWITH, SPACE, TIME & MONEY, REPLY WITH PRUDENCE.| | | o----=[ Penguin @ My - Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ]=----o Senarai Y2k Bugs sehingga 1 Januari 2000 7:00 MYT Selamat Tahun Baru. --8<------ http://warkah.ikhlas.com --8<----- NAIROBI, Jan 1 -- Residents of East Africa set off fireworks, blare car horns and shout themselves hoarse at midnight as the region welcomes the millennium. But there is no party to be had in Kenya^�s sprawling Kakuma refugee camp, home to 85,000 victims of a region at war. "Welcom to happy New Year 2000," read a message scrawled in black paint on the side of a mud hut. PARIS, DEC. 31, 11:55 p.m. -- As Paris counts down to midnight, the millennial clock atop the Eiffel Tower looks as if it will miss the moment. Humidity from the killer storms that swept through the city earlier this week may have caused the glitch, officials say. JERUSALEM, Jan. 1, 12:28 a.m. -- The midnight hour came and went without incident here, reports MSNBC's Preston Mendenhall. Most of the holy sites were deserted amid security fears. On the Mount of Olives, midnight revellers set off fireworks and Israeli police took one man into custody, saying he claimed God was speaking to him. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 5:08 p.m. -- The Pentagon reports that Russia launched three short-range scud missiles into Chechnya Friday. The military action, unrelated to Y2K glitches, was monitored as part of the U.S.-Russia joint surveillance effort. KIEV, Jan 1, 12:24 a.m. -- Ukraine^�s troubled Chernobyl atomic power plant, site of the world^�s worst nuclear accident, is running normally despite earlier fears of a possible millennium computer glitch, a station official says. BETHLEHEM, Jan. 1, 12:19 a.m. - Two thousand "doves of peace" -- actually, they're pigeons -- take wing over Bethlehem, heralding the start of Christianity^�s third millennium in the town where Jesus was born. Some 20,000 people -- mainly Palestinians -- gathered in Manger Square to welcome the 21st century, Newsweek's Donatella Lorch rports. ATHENS, Jan 1, 12:30 a.m. -- Beams of white and blue light illuminate the Acropolis as thousands of Greeks greet the new millennium with song and dance beneath the city^�s ancient monuments. Thousands gather at open air concerts and parties all over the city, catering to young rock fans and traditional Greek dancers. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Jan. 1 -- Nelson Mandela leads South Africa into the third millennium, lighting a flame of freedom in his former prison cell. "It symbolises that the freedom flame can never be put down by anybody," Mandela, 81, tells reporters outside cell B5 on Robben Island. MINANAO, Philippines, Jan. 1, 4:26 a.m. -- An earthquake strikes this island in the southern Philippines early on Saturday after a night of millennial celebrations. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage. YEKATERINBURG, Russia, Jan. 1 -- President Boris Yeltsin quit, but the lights stay on as Russia moves into the third millennium. Telephone and electricity grids in Vladivostok on Russia^�s Pacific coast defy Y2K doomsayers and remain in operation without disruption past midnight. MANILA, Jan. 1 -- The first casualties of millennium celebrations are reported here, as at least four people are killed and about 200 injured in millennium celebrations. Two adults die after being hit by stray bullets; a five-year-old child in nearby Cavite province is struck by an exploding firecracker. MOSCOW, Jan.1, 12:48 a.m. -- Moscow rings in the New Year, as military experts declare the Y2K computer bug is causing no nuclear weapons problems. NBC's Robert Windrem reports all of Russia's missile forces, early warning radar and electronic intelligence bases have entered the 21st century without incident. TOKYO, Jan. 1 -- Three equipment malfunctions are reported at Japanese nuclear plants after the start of the new year. The glitches appear to be Y2K-related, but have no effect on power generation or reactor operations, local and company officials say. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31 -- Taking a cue from Sylvester Stallone in "Rocky," 2,000 people run up the steps of the Art Museum and wave their arms in the air. Each is rewarded with a gray sweatsuit and black hat. Mayor Edward G. Rendell, one of the runners, pronounces the whole thing "awesome." WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 3:59 p.m. -- All is well so far with U.S. military installations around the world, Department of Defense officials said at a briefing. No major problems have yet been reported with U.S. military systems in host nations that have undergone the rollover to 2000. PARIS, France, Dec. 31, 9:41 p.m. -- Crowds fill the drizzly boulevards of Paris, as the City of Light counts down the minutes to midnight in one of the largest street parties France has ever seen. The exuberance of the celebration is seen by many as an antidote to savage windstorms that wreaked havoc earlier this week. BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan. 1 -- Two thousand couples from Europe, Asia and North America tied the knot as the new year arrived in Thailand. Called Amazing Love 2000, the elaborate, Thai-style ritual was one of the nation's most publicized celebrations. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 3:15 p.m. -- As the new year marches across the globe with no reports of major trouble so far, staff members at the federal government's Y2K Information Coordination Center have slipped a DVD of "Apocalypse Now" into the briefing room video system to kill a little time. HACKENSACK, N.J., 3 p.m. -- EarthCam reports that its network of millennium Webcams has been overwhelmed by 5,000 users per minute, far in excess of projections. OKINAWA, Japan, Jan. 1, 12:14 a.m. -- The first U.S. military birth of Y2K appears to have occurred here at Camp Lester. Airman First Class Lisa Matthews of Buffalo, N.Y., and Senior Airman Joshua Matthews, of North Carolina, are the parents of a baby girl, whom they have named Lauren. TOKYO, Jan. 1, 2 a.m. -- The radiation monitoring system for the Shiga nuclear power plant in Ishikawa malfunctioned after midnight. Radiation levels were normal, and the cause was being investigated. The monitor displays data on radiation emitted to the environment. JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. -- A gong said to be the world's largest rang in the New Year for Jakartans. Symbolizing a united Indonesia, the brass gong weighs 6,600 pounds and is 6 yards wide. TOKYO, Jan. 1, 12:50 a.m. -- Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi tells a news conference that no Y2K glitches have been reported. BEIJING, Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. -- Dragon dancers weave along the Great Wall as fireworks light the sky. President Jiang Zemin greets the new millennium by lighting an "eternal flame" at the new China Century Monument, and pledges China will restore its lost glory. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 11 a.m. -- The International Y2K Cooperation Center reports 20 countries have rolled over to 2000 and the only problem so far is some phone congestion in Asia due to high volume, not Y2K bugs. BEND, Ore., Dec. 31, 8 a.m. -- The FBI is called in after a power line servicing the West Coast is toppled Thursday night in an act of sabotage. A computer rerouted power with no loss in service. A first review, the FBI says, finds no evidence the attack is millennial related. VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Jan. 1, 12.30 a.m. -- Phone and power service on Russia^�s Pacific coast are working fine. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 1, 2 a.m. -- New Zealand^�s Y2K Readiness Commission sends some staff home after no Y2K problems are reported. TOKYO, Jan. 1, 12:01 am -- Buddhist temple bells around Japan rang 108 times to dispel evil, as Japanese flocked to street parties or to temples to pray for a good year. NEW YORK, Dec. 31, 9 a.m. -- Thousands of people are already in Times Square for the city's 24-hour party. Expected to bring in 2 million revelers, the party began with a giant crystal ball being positioned atop One Times Square. CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 1, 1 a.m. -- Australia reports an hour into 2000 that the banking sector has had no Y2K bugs. CHUKOTKA, Russia, Jan. 1, 12:30 a.m. -- Russia's atomic power company reports the first Russian nuclear reactor to enter the new millennium is operating fine a half hour into 2000. The reactor is in a province just across from Alaska. HAGATNA, Guam, Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. -- Guam is the first part of the United States to enter 2000. People dance on white sand beaches and no Y2K bugs are reported on the U.S. territory. SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. -- Up to a million, among them the world's richest man, Bill Gates, brave an unseasonally dour summer night to watch fireworks light Sydney^�s boat-jammed harbor. SCOTT BASE, Antarctica, Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. -- Several hundred researchers, some in Hawaiian shirts and shorts, party under a midnight sun in Antarctica -- the first continent to see daylight in the new millennium. The temperature, -17 degrees F, didn't stop the party. AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. -- Fireworks erupt over Auckland, as the first major city in the world celebrates the new millennium. A boy delivered at 12:01 a.m. is believed to be the world's first Y2K baby. MILLENNIUM ISLAND, Kiribati, Jan. 1, 12:01 a.m. -- South Pacific islanders are the first to usher in 2000, with song, dance and a torchlight ceremony. JERUSALEM, Dec. 31, 12:15 p.m. -- An estimated half-million Muslims pray at the Dome of the Rock site and Al-Aqsa Mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan. Security is heavy, but there are no incidents. ANKARA, Dec. 31 -- Turkey says it reset the date on computers monitoring an Iraqi oil pipeline from 1999 to 1995 to avoid any Y2K problems. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 31 -- A hardware store chain reports selling 400,000 flashlights in one day, as people prepare for possible Y2K blackouts. ----------------------------------- All times reported in the dispatches are local. diambil drp http://www.msnbc.com/news/352041.asp _____________________________________________________________ http://warkah.ikhlas.com Selamat Hari Raya - Disclaimer : http://users.my-linux.org/disclaimer.html
