New Year's Day Traditions around the world

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  Italy's Marco Toscano dives into the Tiber River from the Cavour Bridge in Rome, to celebrate the New Year, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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  People toast with champagne while swimming in the chilly water during the annual swim in Lake Geneva on New Year's Day, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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  Members of the Perth Stingray swim club jump into the Tay River during the annual polar bear plunge to bring in the New Year in Perth Ont., Friday Jan. 1, 2010.
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  Mummer Jimmy Driadon of the Greater Overbrook String Band dances as he make his way up Broad Street during a New Year's Day parade in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Matt Rourke

  

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  A Japanese young girl prays at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on New Year's Day Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi

  

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  Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Matt Carle, Boston Bruins right wing Byron Bitz and Flyers' Chris Pronger chase after a loose puck during the first period of the New Year's Day Winter Classic NHL hockey game on an outdoor rink at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Elise Amendola

  

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  Members of a band perform in London's New Year's Day Parade Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

  

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  People are seen on the way to swim in four degrees water of the Baltic Sea at the beach of Kuehlungsborn, northern Germany, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Thomas Haentzschel

  

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  Youth wearing costumes of the Wise Men walk past Pope Benedict XVI during the New Year Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito

  

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  Overview of the golden hall at Vienna's Musikverein during the traditional New Year's concert with French Maestro Georges Pretre and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Lilli Strauss

  

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  Penn State wide receiver Curtis Drake catches a pass in front of LSU linebacker Jacob Cutrera and tops at the one-yard line during the first half of the Capital One Bowl NCAA college football game in Orlando, Fla., Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/John Raoux

  

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  Chinese dancers walk along with the Phoenix Satellite TV float, called "Dance With the Terra Cotta Warriors as it moves along Colorado Blvd. during the 121st Rose Parade in Pasadena Calif., on Friday, Jan 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Richard Vogel

  

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  Sri Lankan Buddhist devotees perform rituals as they celebrate the new year at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena

  

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  Commuters stop outside a temple to pray on the first day of new year, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
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  People lift their hands to the sky at sunrise on New Years Day in Cancun, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.
  AP Photo/Israel Leal

  

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