Year of the Bunny Doom Predictions

Chinese New Year of the Rabbit begins on Feb 3.

Fortunetellers: Year of the Rabbit not too cuddly

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Among key predictions for the new year beginning Feb. 3: terrorist threats, continuing tensions between China and the United States, natural disasters around the world and wobbly global markets.

... severe flooding around the world, a powerful earthquake in Japan and the emergence of a number of worrisome new diseases.

Year of the Rabbit will bring new challenges to Hollywood lovebirds Pitt and Jolie, who share the Rabbit birth sign, ... In feng shui lore, people entering a year whose sign is the same as their birth sign are considered to be "in conflict" and may encounter bad luck.

"Wear yellow and white cloths and consume food in these colors," he counseled, listing pumpkins, oranges, white radishes and apples as likely antidotes.