New Year Celebrated Around the World

Major cities across the world have celebrated the beginning of 2014 with fireworks and music.About a million New York City revelers braved frigid temperatures and high security, waiting hours in Times Square for a giant Waterford crystal ball to drop at the stroke of midnight. With neither the current nor the incoming New York City mayor present to push the button to start the ball drop, the honors were performed by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a New York native. The city of...

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