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December 31, 2009 11:18 AM

New Year celebrations around the world

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Times Square — Fireworks and confetti fill the air above Times Square in New York just after midnight Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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Moscow — A couple kiss each other to celebrate the new year in Moscow's Red Square.
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Times Square — Fireworks and confetti fill the air above Times Square in New York just after midnight Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
Craig Ruttle/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Times Square — Emme Zheng, of Greensboro, N.C., left, and others take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square.
Tina Fineberg/ASSOCIATED PRESS

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