New Year 2014

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  Chinese New Year 2014 celebrated by animated Google doodle

  The Chinese Year of the Horse begins on 31 January 2013.

• India's No 1 New Year Resolution: it's not less Facebook

  Here is a peek into the top New Year resolutions of Indians.

• New Year in Philippines kills two, injures 599

  At least two people were killed and nearly 600 others were injured by fireworks and gunfire in New Year celebrations in the Philippines, officials said on Wednesday.

• Ball drops in New York City's Times Square, ushering in 2014

  A sea of horn-tooting, hat-wearing revelers cheered and some even kissed as the famed crystal ball dropped in a freezing New York City's Times Square to ring in 2014

• Dubai kicks off 2014 with dazzling world record bid

  Dubai kicked off New Year with a dazzling bid for a new world record to cap those the Gulf city state already holds for its mammoth property developments.

• Revelers usher in 2014 with fireworks, festivities

  From Sydney to Dubai, revelers welcomed 2014 with extravagant fireworks displays.