It just goes to show how the arbitrarily chosen 1st of January as the beginning of the year doesn't constitute a new beginning at all. The new year kicked off in exactly the same way as the outgoing 2008, with close to a full scale war between Israelis and Arabs. The Italian TV main news are headlined by the disquieting developments in that ever tormented region, as the Hamas military leader has been killed by an Israeli missile strike, as more rockets are fired by Hamas into Israel, with the latter gathering its forces at the border for a massive land invasion of Gaza.
Over in this cocooned planet named Malta, the news are headlined by two archbishops visiting the President to wish him Happy New Year, the prime minister and all his ministers doing likewise and lining up for a photograph, followed by intrusive coverage of the first baby born in Malta in 2009, and then interviews with people walking somewhere outside, seeking information about their new year resolutions.
Blissful ignorance is the key to being the happiest people in the world. Who cares about who is killing whom elsewhere?
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