New Year countdown: World celebrates arrival of 2012
The New Year has been welcomed around the globe with tonnes of fireworks and mass celebrations by billions of people. The dateline between 2011 and 2012 was being moving westwards - from New Zealand to Moscow, from Sydney to New York.
The celebrations kicked off in New Zealand as spectators packed into Auckland's harbor to enjoy the huge display. A stream of fireworks was fired from the 328-meter “Sky Tower.” The main event in Auckland went with a bang, despite the heavy rain forcing the cancellation of several public events in other parts of the country..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/new-year-world-celebrations-083/
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grabe. isang milyong dolyar tinunaw sa fireworks...pero maganda at masaya naman.
"Hong Kong staged a spectacular show in Victoria Harbor. Some 400,000 people gathered to watch a million dollars’ worth of fireworks shot from ten skyscrapers.
"The celebrations in Japan went on without luxury festivities, as the county went through many trials in 2011. Still suffering the after-effects of the March earthquake, tsunami, and massive radiation leak from Fukushima nuclear plant, Japanese families spent New Year ‘s Eve offering prayers at shrines and temples."
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