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► SMH AU 1 JAnusry 2014 : Mikhail Khodorkovsky free but his fortune remains in chains
► GUARDIAN 31 December 2013 : Planet likely to warm by 4C by 2100, scientists warn
► WIRED 31 December 2013 : U.S. to China: We Hacked Your Internet Gear We Told You Not to Hack
► FOXNEWS 31 December 2013 : Rep urges Kerry to 'enlist' Bush to help resolve South Sudan conflict :
► IB TIMES 31 December 2013 : What Does New Year’s Eve Song Lyrics 'Auld Lang Syne' Mean 2014?
► TELEGRAPH 31 December 2013 : QI: some quite interesting facts about Auld Lang Syne
► Revelers usher in 2014 with fireworks, festivities
► Apple says never worked with NSA on iPhone hacks
► SLIDESHOW : World rings in New Year
► Champagne on ice for Antarctica crew - By Lincoln Feast and Maggie Lu Yueyang
SYDNEY - Passengers and crew aboard a Russian ship trapped for eight days in ice off Antarctica planned to ring in the New Year with dinner, drinks and song as they waited for a break in a blizzard to allow a Chinese helicopter to rescue them. | Slideshow
* Fernandez image wilts in year-end Argentine heat wave
► VIDEOS
■ Russians and visitors welcome 2014 in Red Square
■ Fireworks light up the night sky at the Brandenburg Gate, welcoming 2014
■ Dubai puts on spectacular New Year fireworks display
► Myanmar declares 'no more political prisoners' after amnesty
► 'Caffe sospeso' or pending charity charms Paris suburb
► Bell rings in New Year in Seoul
► Sparkling Sydney kicks off global 2014 party
► Sparkling Hong Kong joins global 2014 party
► Dubai dazzles in global 2014 party
► Turkey rings in 2014
► Foie gras with tongue: France's New Year speciality
► Raw: Auckland, New Zealand Rings in 2014
► Raw: Hong Kong Rings in New Year
► 2014 Welcomed With Celebrations, Hope
► Raw: Dubai Attempts Fireworks Show Record
► New Year Celebration in London
► Raw: Fireworks Explode Over Brandenburg Gate
► Raw: Times Square Ball Drop Brings in 2014
► 2014 Arrives Amid Cheers and Wishes
► NEWS
■ Putin vows total destruction of 'terrorists' after bombings
■ Putin vows to annihilate "terrorists" after suicide bombings
■ Putin breaks tradition, gives 2 New Year's talks
■ Putin triumphs in 2013 yet tough challenges loom
■ Big Space Missions to Watch in 2014
■ SLIDESHOW : Ushering in the new year around the globe
■ Yahoo predicts 2014
■ Real-Life Smoking Caterpillar Uses Nicotine as Defense
► SHINE
■ Self-Portraits Reveal the Truth About Body Image
■ 8 Secrets Never to Keep in a Relationship
► GOOD MORNING AMERICA : NYC Steakhouse Offering $10,000 NYE Dinner for Two
► HEALTH
■ Vitamin E 'beneficial' in dementia
■ Call for restrictions on sale of electronic cigarettes to children
► Crowds and fireworks welcome 2014
Celebrations take place around the world to mark the start of 2014, with cities lit up by spectacular pyrotechnics and traditional ceremonies.
* Six new years in 60 seconds -VIDEO
* Fireworks mark new year around world - VIDEO
* In pictures: world welcomes 2014
* Millions across UK welcome New Year
► 'Twerking', 'selfie' and 'hashtag' on list of annoying words
► How Auld Lang Syne took over the world
► How Auld Lang Syne stormed China
► VIDEO : US gripped by freezing temperatures
► CULTURE : What will women wear in 2014?
► Today's African Proverb : "Those with tattered skirts should avoid dancing too close to the fire" - A Shona proverb sent by Pachawo Dhlamini in Mutare, Zimbabwe
► Billions in tax breaks to expire at midnight
► Constitution 'exemption' zone spans 100 miles inland of US border– judge
► Up to 2 million Britons in 'debt peril' by 2018
► 'Fight terrorists until full elimination': Putin changes New Year address after Volgograd terror attacks
► Nuclear deal to be implemented in January - Iran
► Bringing in the New Year: 2014 starts with a bang
► Fracking hot: N. Dakota man 'sets tap water on fire'
► Icy New Year: Trapped Russian ship celebrates New Year in Antarctic
► US flies three final Chinese ethnic Uighurs from Guantanamo to Slovakia
► VIDEOS
■ #Why2013matters: 13 scandals & breakthroughs that changed the world
■ Volgograd mourns victims of twin terror attacks
■ Sydney Show: Fireworks spectacular heralds New Year's in Australia
■ Why You Should Care: NSA Raids Warcraft (E43)
■ Shaky Union: Immigration problems & economy imbalance undermine EU
■ People Pressure: Activists cry foul as govts crack down on protests
■ Massive fireworks in Dubai lights up Burj Khalifa to celebrate New Year 2014
► Featured Documentary - Soapbox Mexico: Now I have a voice
► Inside Story : Saudi Arabias struggle for influence
.... haiyaa.... Aljazeera, you are not excited by the fireworks on New Year's Eve 2013-2014? Really? Ahahhaa ... it's great! Very nice!
Fireworks often make us complacent with the mundane's beauty, whereas you know it's just a man-made beauty : from the ground to the sky above. And I'm still waiting for the beauty of the sky to under the sky.
Mmm... and it's not as easy as we set off the fireworks, ladies and gentlemen! I prayed earnestly, tilted my head to the sky just to get a disaster? Ahh ...
► NORTH KOREA : Kim Jong Un Brags of Purging 'Factionalist Filth' - Thirty-year-old despot clearly refers to the Dec. 12 execution of influential uncle Jang Song Thaek in New Year message to the people
► RUSSIA : Putin's Taking the Fight to the Terrorists - Russia's president vowed to come down hard on those responsible for pre-Olympics attacks.
* U.S. Official: Russia Bombings Raise Sochi Concerns
► SOCIAL NETWORKING : Anyone Can Find Love in 2014 (And We Mean Anyone)
► SCIENCE : A Newly Discovered Underground Lake in Greenland Will Help Us Understand Climate Change
► GUN CONTROL : Judge Upholds NY Gun Law - But strikes down 7-round limit
► ENTERTAINMENT : I'm Dropping Tons of Confetti on Times Square - A tribute to the dispersal engineers
► TRAVEL : How the world rang in the new year - Here's a look at the fireworks, crowds and colors of celebrations as 2013 turned into 2014. From elaborate to simple, in places as diverse...
* Getting ready for New Year's Eve around the globe► BUSINESS
* New Year's Eve: Times Square's 6 countdowns -- and who's doing them
■ October housing price data show 'boom is fading'► LOCAL
■ Stocks soar in 2013 as fear bubble pops
■ Gun controls, more immigrant rights among new laws for 2014 - Other laws taking effect with the new year cover car pool lanes, paparazzi, prescription drugs, fracking and transgender students.
■ Making a New Year's pledge to stay safe - Maybe instead of deciding to hit the gym more often or give up snack foods, you should concentrate on not ending up in the emergency room in 2014.
► NATION
■ Obama visits favorite shave ice shop before a private New Year's Eve
■ Happy New Year! Google Doodle, fireworks welcome 2014 - Happy New Year! And what better way to start 2014 than with a Google Doodle, some cheap Champagne and a look at how the rest of the planet...
► WORLD : Latvia joins Eurozone with New Year's fanfare but little joy - Latvia became the 18th country to make the European Union's euro its currency when fireworks exploded over Riga and church bells tolled in...
* Both sides in Iranian talks see progress toward implementing deal
* South Sudan rebel leader agrees to peace talks in Ethiopia
► JACKET COPY : Writers we lost in 2013 - Two Nobel Prize winners, a pulp writer made good, an irreplaceable L.A. poet, a young adult author gone too soon and many more: A look back at the writers who passed away in 2013.
* 5 memorable literary scandals and contretemps of 2013
* New Sherlock Holmes mystery: Where's my copyright?
► ENTERTAINMENT : 'Duck Dynasty' stars book Fox News interview for New Year's special
► FRAMEWORK
■ The Year in Pictures | 2013
Actors dressed as the Russian Grandfather Frost and his companion, Snow Maiden, take part in a parade celebrating the approaching new year Tuesday in Bishek, Kyrgyzstan. PHOTOGRAPH BY: VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP/Getty Images
A man dressed as Santa Claus offers chocolates to people taking their last sea bath of the year in Dinard in western France. PHOTOGRAPH BY: DAMIEN MEYER / AFP/Getty Images
A man and his horse in Karachi, Pakistan, are silhouetted against the last sunset of the year over the Arabian Sea. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Fareed Khan / Associated Press
A boatman rows a gondola in the interiors of Dal Lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. PHOTOGRAPH BY: FAROOQ KHAN / European Pressphoto Agency
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