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Mayan doomsday 2012

According to the ancient Mayan civilisation, December 21, 2012, represents the end of a cycle in the Mayan long count calendar that begins in the year 3114 BC. It is the completion of 5,200 years counted in 13 baak t’uunes, a unit of time. One baak t’uune is equivalent to 144,000 days, or roughly 400 years. Doomsday believers expect a cataclysmic event to occur that day and end the world.

A BAD WEEK FOR ...

A bad week for ... , December 23, 2012

23 Dec 2012

The Mayans

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Surprise, surprise, 'doomsday' is just a day like any other

22 Dec 2012

The sun came out yesterday as most Hongkongers expected. But elsewhere in the world, people were not so certain about seeing the light of day.

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UN denies selling China doomsday ark tickets

21 Dec 2012

The United Nations has denied distributing tickets for an ark to save people from the apocalypse, it said on a Chinese social networking site on Friday.

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The Hong Kong couples who tied the knot on Doomsday

21 Dec 2012

Is it romantic to get married on the day civilisation is supposed to end? Or is the marriage doomed? SCMP.com asked Hong Kong's brides and grooms why they decided to get married on December 21,...

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Feng shui master claims doomsday is actually lucky day

21 Dec 2012

Still alive? Have no fear. Even feng shui master James Lee Shing-chak says today is an especially lucky one.

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1,000 'Doomsday cult' members arrested on mainland

21 Dec 2012

Mainland police have arrested nearly 1,000 people in the crackdown on a Christian sect that spread doomsday rumours and targeted communist rule, state media said ahead of the supposedly Mayan-...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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Howard Winn

Way to go

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Doomsday unavoidable, say religious leaders

As some Hongkongers await the end of the world today, religious leaders have warned everyone expecting life to carry on as usual that their own doomsday is coming sooner or later.

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Talking points

Treat in store for game fans

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Rumours of demise greatly exaggerated

If you can read this, so far so good, we seem to have survived yet another apocalypse. Congratulations.

Not that I ever lost any sleep over it, but my concerns about this day were first...

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Photos: Doomsday preparations... and celebrations

From Canada to China, millions around the world are preparing for the fateful day of December 21, 2012, which many believe marks the end of a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count on the Mayan...

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China arrests 1,000 doomsday 'cult' members

China has arrested nearly 1,000 people in a crackdown on a sect that spread doomsday rumours, a day ahead of a supposedly Mayan-foretold apocalypse.

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BRIEFS

Briefs, December 19, 2012

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou pledged not to interfere with freedom of speech or the media, and said he had called on Beijing to release Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.

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