ADELAIDE - ENTHUSIASTIC Australians camped out at parks alongside the Sydney Harbour Bridge to win the best view of Friday's spectacular New Year's Eve fireworks kicking off celebrations around the world.
As the clock ticked closer to 2011 across Asia, Vietnam's capital was preparing its first-ever official New Year's Eve countdown and Taiwan planned a massive pyrotechnic display in the shape of a dragon.
Europeans were looking forward to a celebration that could help them forget their economic worries.
In New York City, nearly a million revelers were expected to cram into the streets of Times Square to watch the traditional midnight ball drop. The 20-inch snowstorm that left the city's streets unplowed will be a memory to the crowd. Crews have removed the large drifts and warm temperatures are helping to melt what's left.
At least 1.5 million people are expected to line the harbor in Sydney, the first major city where the new year arrives.
Celebrations kick off with aerial displays by vintage aircraft and a parade of boats around the harbor.
By Friday afternoon, thousands of waiting spectators witnessed a proposal in skywriting. The words 'Marry Me Behnoosh' were written by an airplane just after noon on Friday. -- AP
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