Revelers Usher In 2014 With Fireworks And Fruit Mist -- Reuters
(Reuters) - From Sydney to London to San Francisco, revelers welcomed 2014 with extravagant fireworks displays, giant street parties and, in a new departure, fruit-flavored mist.
In New York, hordes of people, many decked out in cartoonish hats, waving balloons or ringing bells, shrugged off freezing temperatures and heightened security in Times Square for the annual New Year's Eve street party.
Crowds heard musical performances by Miley Cyrus and Melissa Etheridge, who sang John Lennon's "Imagine," and then saw the ritual dropping of the New Year's Eve ball.
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria blamed for missed deadline on chemical arsenal.
Syria conflict pits Shia against Sunni as Hezbollah says this is 'war we must win'.
73,000 dead in Syria in 2013, war’s bloodiest year. More than 130,000 dead since start of Syria conflict: NGO.
UN says violence claimed lives of 7,818 civilians in Iraq in 2013, highest toll in years.
Nuclear deal to be implemented in January - Iran.
U.S. works on outline for Israel-Palestinian peace deal ahead of April deadline.
Turkey 'takes $100 billion hit' from political turmoil.
Middle East remains mMost dangerous region for reporters.
ASIA
North Korea warns of nuclear disaster, threatens US.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un boasts of removing uncle.
China 'closely watching' N. Korea after execution of Kim's uncle.
China local government debt surges by 70%.
India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations.
US military: Afghan prisoner still a threat.
Indonesia anti-terror squad kills 6 militants.
Musharraf's treason trial begins without his presence.
Japan's population falls 'by record 244,000' in 2013.
China: Over 3 million hectares of land too polluted to farm.
In Afghanistan, Jan. 1 is everyone's birthday.
AFRICA
Thousands flee flash-point South Sudan town of Bor.
South Sudan: UN calls for end to fighting as talks loom.
Mogadishu hotel targeted by bombs, at least one killed.
DRC government proclaims victory over armed attackers.
Egyptian police fire tear gas at protesters near defense ministry.
Nigeria's ruling party faces political challenges in 2014.
Pentagon wraps up combat support mission in Africa.
EUROPE
Putin says Volgograd attacks are indefensible.
Putin breaks with tradition and gives 2 New Year's speeches.
Ethnic Russian recruits to insurgency pose new threat before Olympics.
Stop the wars, Pope says in New Year appeal.
Blast kills Palestinian diplomat in Prague.
Northern Ireland: Richard Haass talks end without deal.
Latvia becomes 18th state to join the eurozone.
Croatia arrests ex-spy chief sought by Germany.
Michael Schumacher 'stable' in hospital after ski fall.
AMERICAS
World's first legal recreational marijuana sales begin in Colorado.
'Obamacare' health reforms come into force in US.
President Barack Obama's Hawaii vacation: Day 11.
El Salvador orders evacuation from volcano's slopes.
Venezuela inflation data questioned by economists.
Paraguay drug seizures up by 39% in 2013.
Over 3,000 Cuban doctors defected from Venezuela in 2013.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Obama faces resurgent al Qaeda in 2014.
Lebanon 'arrests head of Abdullah Azzam Brigades'.
Experts fear Russia attacks are terrorist probes ahead of Sochi Olympics.
Chechen rebel, Doku Umarov, suspected in deadly bombings after threatening to attack ‘satanic’ Olympic games.
Final Uighur detainees leave Guantánamo.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
US, Japanese stocks soar in 2013.
Gold closes out worst year since 1981.
Iranian billionaire Babak Zanjani 'arrested'.
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