New Year in Jerusalem Amid Security Calm and Curious Crowds
Pilgrims, tourists and locals filled the Mount of Olives as Jerusalem observed New Year 2000 with prayers, fireworks and wary police. Authorities deported and arrested some Christian pilgrims while thousands of officers safeguarded Old City sites to prevent doomsday violence.
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Times Square greets millennium with global New Year party
Times Square, New York hosted a million-strong World New Year celebration as 2000 arrived. A 1,070-pound Waterford ball descended from a 77-foot pole at midnight, with 500 performers and rotating pyramid mirrors lighting the sky. Revelers from Japan, London, Argentina and beyond joined the global countdown.
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Millennium coverage stirs networks with global countdown
Networks race to cover the new year as 2000 arrives with lights and crowds in Times Square and world capitals. Reports note Y2K glitches largely unmaterialized while headlines shift to Boris Yeltsin's resignation and a hijacking incident. NBC CBS ABC PBS NBC and CBS broadcast early coverage and anchor reports from New York and Sydney. CNN shows hijackers leaving an Indian Airlines jet via satellite.
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Iowan in China Calls Celebration Not Exciting
Cedar Rapids teacher Peter H. Jaynes, visiting in Dalian, says the yearlong party is not exciting though lights work and utilities run. He notes heavy fireworks debris on streets, a long midnight parade, and a subdued end after 12 minutes, viewing it as practice for a millennium celebration 366 days away.
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Cedar Rapids teen endures grape tradition in Spain
Megan Hart on the Rotary Student Exchange in Arcelona endures the Spanish New Year grape ritual. She explains peeling beforehand helps, but she failed to swallow all twelve grapes, losing four resolutions as a result. Hart, daughter of Tom and Barb Hart, arrived in September and returns to Iowa in May. Feliz Ano Nuevo to home.
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Polish Perennial Nailed: Cedar Rapids Native in London
Patricia Mathews, a Cedar Rapids native now living in London with her husband Pete, spent New Year’s Eve quietly at home by their fireplace. She works as a professional nail technician, and they chose champagne and city fireworks over crowded celebrations due to a broken leg.
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Fireworks raise concern for animals in Norway
Cedar Rapids psychotherapist Hildegorg Thorbjornsen notes New Year celebrations in Norway mirror global festivities with fireworks. She cites dogs and other animals being scared and says the millennium adds a contemplative tone to the event. Thorbjornsen, 43, lives in Cedar Rapids and visits Norway twice yearly.
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