Nearly one million people ring in new year in New York as Times Square ball drops
Crystal ball with 32,000 lights descended at midnight, eliciting loud cheers, tons of confetti
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Fireworks in Sydney, ball drop in NY ring in 2011
Nearly a million revelers crowded New York’s Times Square to witness the traditional dazzling ball drop, fireworks lit up Australia’s Sydney Harbor and communist Vietnam held a rare Western-style countdown to the new…
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US New Year’s Eve tornadoes kill 6
Tornadoes fuelled by unusually warm air pummelled the South and Midwest United States on Friday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more. Forecasters said storms could hit along a stretch from near Chicago to New Orleans…
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