Russians celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow, with the Kremlin in the background, right, and St. Basil's cathedral in background left, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the Square to celebrate the new year, and view the fireworks as the clock on the Kremlin's Spassky Tower, right, struck midnight. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
Competitors run at the start of the Sao Silvestre race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. The 15-kms race is held annually on New Year's Eve. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)
Activists wear Guy Fawkes masks during New Year's Eve celebrations at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
Filipinos watch a fireworks and water fountain display as they welcome the New Year at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines on Sunday Jan. 1, 2012. More than 200 people have been injured by illegal firecrackers and celebratory gunfire in the Philippines despite a government scare campaign against reckless New Year revelries, officials recently said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Pope Benedict XV, background center, is framed by a Swiss guard as he celebrates a New Year's Eve vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Malaysian people hold placards reading "2012" during New Year's Eve celebrations at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
Entertainment Design Group project manager Gary Seputis stands on the giant peach as he positions himself before he attaches two leaves in preparation for the 2012 Peach Drop at Underground Atlanta Friday, Dec 30, 2011, in Atlanta. Also pictured is EDG employee Clint Hornsby. The Peach Drop is the 23rd annual New Year's Eve celebration at Underground Atlanta. Seputis, a project manager for EDG, said the last several years the Peach only had one leaf and this year a second was added. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Dian Story holds Molly the "New Year's Eve Party Animal" just before the Key West Dachshund Walk, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in Key West, Fla. This year's pooch procession attracted 227 long-bodied, short-legged canines in what has become an island city New Year's Eve tradition. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
A fried rice vendor prepares a customer's order as fireworks burst during New Year's eve celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Esme O'Kelly carries her canine Duna, costumed as an iguana, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, during the Key West Dachshund Walk in Key West, Fla. This year's pooch procession attracted 227 long-bodied, short-legged canines in what has become an island city New Year's Eve tradition. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)
Russians celebrate the New Year on Red Square in Moscow, with the Kremlin in the background, right, and St. Basil's cathedral in background left, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the Square to celebrate the new year, and view the fireworks as the clock on the Kremlin's Spassky Tower, right, struck midnight. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
Pope Benedict XV, background center, is framed by a Swiss guard as he celebrates a New Year's Eve vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
One of six professional base jumpers from around the world leapt off the Observation Deck of the Marina Bay Sands "SkyPark" to mark the start of the new year in Singapore, Sunday Jan. 1, 2012.(AP Photo/Terence Tan)
A Buddhist monk takes up alms from Thais during a morning alms offerings, part of New Year's celebrations, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
A group of unidentified people jumps into the icy water of Lake Wissota, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 at the Polar Bear Plunge held near Chippewa Falls, Wis. The annual event, a fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin, traditionally is held on New Year's Day, but was moved up one day so as not to conflict with the final Green Bay Packer NFL football regular season game. According to Craig Monson, CEO of the non-profit organization which pairs kids with adults for one-on-one mentoring, the event raised nearly $5,700 and involved 47 plungers. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Steve Kinderman)
Fireworks illuminate the sky over newly-built cable-stayed Ada Bridge over the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. The new Ada Bridge opened with fireworks at midnight on New Year's Eve. The new bridge is 964 meters (0.6 miles) long, 200 (219 yards) meters tall and 45 meters (49 yards) wide. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
People gather for New Year's celebrations in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. A flag reads "2012 Happy Revolution." (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Revelers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Sunday Jan. 1, 2012. Visible in background is the Arc de Triomphe.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Hundred thousands of people celebrated the beginning of the New Year 2012 in Germany's capital. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Fireworks explode in the sky over Bucharest, Romania, at midnight, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, during street celebrations of the new year. Large crowds gathered downtown Romania's capital taking advantage of the dry weather to attend the celebrations.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Sandra Becker, of Cameron, Wis., emerges from the icy water of Lake Wissota, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, while participating in the Polar Bear Plunge held near Chippewa Falls, Wis. The annual event, a fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin, traditionally is held on New Year's Day, but was moved up one day so as not to conflict with the final Green Bay Packer NFL football regular season game. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Steve Kinderman)
Revelers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Sunday Jan. 1, 2012.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
People dance during New Year's celebrations in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
People dance during New Year's celebrations in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Fireworks erupt over the Gene Leahy Mall in celebration of New Year's Eve in downtown Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Rebecca S. Gratz)
Pitbull performs in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
Fireworks light the sky above the Cathedral Square in Vilnius shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Thousands of people celebrated the beginning of the New Year 2009 in the Lithuanian capital. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lebanese watch a firework display the New Year's celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People watch fireworks as they welcome the New Year at the Constitution Square in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Revelers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Sunday Jan. 1, 2012.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Revelers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Sunday Jan. 1, 2012. Visible in background is the Arc de Triomphe.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
In this Dec. 12, 2011 photo released on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 by Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko pose for the annual official photo session for the new year at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. From left in front: Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, emperor, empress, Prince Akishino, Prince Hisahito, and Princess Kiko. From left at rear: Princess Mako, Princess Aiko and Princess Kako. (AP Photo/Imperial Household Agency of Japan) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Lebanese watch a firework display the New Year's celebrations in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Ryan Follese, from the band Hot Chelle Rae, performs in Times Square during the New Year's Eve celebration, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
Revelers watch pop-singer Lady Gaga perform in Times Square ion New Years Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Some revelers, wearing party hats and "2012" glasses, began camping out Saturday morning, as workers readied bags stuffed with hundreds of balloons and technicians put colored filters on klieg lights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Fireworks light the sky above the Quadriga at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin shortly after midnight, greeting the New Year, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. Hundred thousands of people celebrated the beginning of the New Year 2012 in Germany's capital. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
People celebrate as they welcome the New Year at the Constitution Square in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
Revelers celebrate the New Year on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, Sunday Jan. 1, 2012. Visible in background is the Arc de Triomphe. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
In this Dec. 31, 2011 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, staff members of He Garden show their homemade glasses in the shape of 2012 in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Meng Delong) NO SALES
Fireworks explode over the ancient Acropolis Hill with the Parthenon temple during the New Year's celebrations in Athens, on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Fireworks explode over the Houses of Parliament, including St Stephen's Tower which holds the bell known as Big Ben as London celebrates the arrival of New Years Day Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, girls wearing glasses with the shape of 2012 attend New Year's celebrations in Shanghai, China Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Pei Xin) NO SALES
Revelers cheer behind police barricades in Times Square in anticipation of midnight on New Years Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Some revelers, wearing party hats and "2012" glasses, began camping out Saturday morning, as workers readied bags stuffed with hundreds of balloons and technicians put colored filters on klieg lights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Lady Gaga performs during the New Year's Eve celebration at Times Square, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ally Savage, left, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Michael Carajohn, of New York City, share a new year's eve kiss in front of an illuminated U.S. flag during the new year's eve celebration at Times Square, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Michelle Ferreira, left, and Sayra Green take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square,Saturday Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
Austin Needham, left, and Justin Fulp, both from Winston-Salem, N.C., pose for a photograph as they take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square Saturday Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Needham and Fulp said that they had been in Times Square since 6 o'clock Friday evening. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
Justin Bieber performs in Times Square during New Year's Eve celebrations, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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