Times Square hails arrival of 2016
America's biggest New Year's Eve celebration unfolded without a hitch
New York
MORE than a million people in New York's Times Square hailed the arrival of 2016 early on Friday with kisses, cheers and a measure of relief as America's biggest New Year's Eve celebration unfolded without a hitch under a blanket of unprecedented security.
The transition to the new year was marked by the descent of the traditional lighted crystal ball from atop a skyscraper amid fireworks and a blizzard of confetti at the centre of the famed Manhattan crossroads, the climax of an annual rite of winter dating back to 1904.
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