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| New Year's Eve 2012: Celebrations start in Pacific | New Year's Eve 2012: Celebrations start in Pacific |
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| Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and starting to see in 2012. | Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and starting to see in 2012. |
| Bad weather prompted some New Zealand planners to cancel outdoor events, but a fireworks display off Auckland's Sky Tower started at midnight (1100 GMT). | Bad weather prompted some New Zealand planners to cancel outdoor events, but a fireworks display off Auckland's Sky Tower started at midnight (1100 GMT). |
| Sydney has also seen in the New Year with a spectacular multi-million dollar fireworks display. | |
| Samoa and Tokelau were first to toast in 2012 after skipping a day by jumping west across the international dateline. | Samoa and Tokelau were first to toast in 2012 after skipping a day by jumping west across the international dateline. |
| As the clock struck midnight as 29 December ended, the two South Pacific island nations fast-forwarded to 31 December, missing out on 30 December entirely. | As the clock struck midnight as 29 December ended, the two South Pacific island nations fast-forwarded to 31 December, missing out on 30 December entirely. |
| Samoa announced the decision in May in a bid to improve ties with major trade partners Australia and New Zealand, and neighbouring Tokelau decided to follow suit in October. | Samoa announced the decision in May in a bid to improve ties with major trade partners Australia and New Zealand, and neighbouring Tokelau decided to follow suit in October. |
| Tourists and locals partied throughout Saturday as Samoa revelled in being the first country to ring in the new year, rather than the last. | Tourists and locals partied throughout Saturday as Samoa revelled in being the first country to ring in the new year, rather than the last. |
| In New Zealand, heavy rain meant celebrations in Palmerston North, Mount Maunganui, Rotorua and on Wellington's waterfront were called off, the New Zealand Herald reported. | In New Zealand, heavy rain meant celebrations in Palmerston North, Mount Maunganui, Rotorua and on Wellington's waterfront were called off, the New Zealand Herald reported. |
| Paris and other European cities will likely be glad to see the back of a year that has seen the continent embroiled in economic woes. | Paris and other European cities will likely be glad to see the back of a year that has seen the continent embroiled in economic woes. |
| For the UK, meanwhile, New Year's Eve is just the start of a year of festivities that will include the Queen's diamond jubilee and the London Olympics. | For the UK, meanwhile, New Year's Eve is just the start of a year of festivities that will include the Queen's diamond jubilee and the London Olympics. |
| In Brazil, revellers are set to enjoy a fireworks display on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. | In Brazil, revellers are set to enjoy a fireworks display on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. |
| And hundreds of thousands will pack into New York's Times Square later for the ceremonial ball-dropping at midnight. | And hundreds of thousands will pack into New York's Times Square later for the ceremonial ball-dropping at midnight. |
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