After midnight, we will be looking back for real at a long year of Internet froth, a decade of increasing velocity, a century of turmoil (trapped by triumph) and a thousand years where change has been so vast, so profound, that we can scarcely comprehend life Way Back Then.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Culture on Demand: Letter from Cortona

New Labour doesn't seem to be able to comprehend that there is intellectual life outside the Third Way.

BBC: Have your say

Lance Corporal JAMES BLAKE MILLER (Iraq Veteran, U.S. Navy): You're told from the time you're able to comprehend that to take another person's life is completely and morally wrong.

NPR: America Honors Its Veterans

He is concerned that these tribes might not fully comprehend the implications of these agreements because their outlook on life is so different, and that there is no clear international legal framework to protect their rights in the long-term.

BBC: Tribal cures for modern ailments

"The loss of life and injuries sustained are almost too heartbreaking to comprehend, " a statement from the organization said.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS