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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI: A Haitian man holds the photo of his dead son at the GOC university ruins on January 19, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Humanitarian aid is beginning to reach many of the survivors of last week’s deadly magnitude 7.0 earthquake amid fatalities estimated in the tens of thousands and widespread devastation. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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Miche Guerieri, 21, sits on a boat with her six-week-old baby after spending three days on a crowded ship off the coast of Port-au-Prince January 20, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of displaced Haitians have taken refuge on ships in Haiti’s damaged port inlets, waiting for boats to help them escape from the squalid, earthquake-damaged capital.
Aid has started trickling out to Haitians devastated by last weeks earthquake that ravaged the country, though many fear not enough will reach desparate citizens in time to prevent humanitarian catastrophe. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images).
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Haitians wait in line for the distribution of food by members of the 2nd brigade of the 82nd Airborne January 19, 2010 in the town of Terra Noire just outside Port-au-Prince.
Scenes in Haiti This Week
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Posted: January 3, 2010 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Honour & Tribute, NZPacific, Opinion & Commentary, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: /Monika, 1, 2009, 2010, 31, Akihito, Annual Event, Arts Culture and Entertainment, attend, berlin, bizarre, boom, capital cities, casino, celebration, Celebrities, charity and relief work, christian, Christians, Church, city, CityCenter, Cold Temperature, communication, crossing, Crown Prince Naruhito, dancing, day, December, dips, display, edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Empress Michiko, enjoyment, Erasmus Bridge, eve, firework, fireworks, first, flag, gather, Graff, horizontal, Human Interest, hundreds, illuminated, Imperial Palace, interest, International Landmark, Iran, iranian, Isfahan, january, Japan, japanese, Jennifer, jennifer lopez, Las Vegas, Lopez, national, netherlands, Nevada, new, new year, new year berlin, new york, Newscom, Nieuwe Maas River, On The Phone, panoramic, part of, party, peforms, People, performs, photo, Rahmanian, Revelers, ringing, river, Rotterdam, royalty, scotland, sea, service, sky, square, swimming, taking, Tehran, Tenby, Thousands, time, Times Square - Manhattan, Tokyo Prefecture, Traditional Culture, UK, UPI, UPI/Maryam, usa, Vank, vertical, Waist Up, wales, wave, Worshipers, year, year'S, york |
TEHRAN, IRAN: In a predominantly Moslem country, local Iranian Christians attend the church service on the first day of the new year at the Vank church in, Isfahan, Tehran, January 1, 2010. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian Photo via Newscom
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TOKYO, JAPAN: Well-wishers wave Japanese national flags to celebrate the New Year with the Japanese Imperial Family at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
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Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to the well-wishers celebrating the New Year at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
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Emperor Akihito (5th R) and other members of the Japanese Imperial Family wave to the well-wishers celebrating the New Year at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 .(Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
TENBY, WALES : A New Year’s reveller takes a dip in the icy sea during the Saundersfoot annual charity swim on January 1, 2010 in Saundersfoot near Tenby, Wales. Hundreds of brave swimmers ran in to to the sea to welcome in 2010 and raise cash for charity. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS: Fireworks explode over the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter as part of a New Year’s Eve celebration January 1, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for CityCenter)
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ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS : New Year’s Eve fireworks display illuminates the sky over the Erasmus Bridge crossing the Nieuwe Maas river on January 1, 2010 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
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BERLIN: Fireworks explode over the Quadriga sculpture on the Brandenburg Gate in celebration of the new year on January 1, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Thousands of revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM : New Year revellers enjoy the firework display above Edinburgh Castle on January 1, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Around eighty thousand people were expected to attend the festivities in Scotland’s capital. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK : After a one minute countdown, the ball drops in Times Square on January 1, 2010 in New York City. Security was tight amid preparations for the annual New Years Eve ball drop in Times Square. (Photo by Brian Harkin/Getty Images)
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Photos: How The Rest of The World Mark New Year’s Day
Posted: January 3, 2010 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Honour & Tribute, NZPacific, Opinion & Commentary, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: /Monika, 1, 2009, 2010, 31, Akihito, Annual Event, Arts Culture and Entertainment, attend, berlin, bizarre, boom, capital cities, casino, celebration, Celebrities, charity and relief work, christian, Christians, Church, city, CityCenter, Cold Temperature, communication, crossing, Crown Prince Naruhito, dancing, day, December, dips, display, edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Empress Michiko, enjoyment, Erasmus Bridge, eve, firework, fireworks, first, flag, gather, Graff, horizontal, Human Interest, hundreds, illuminated, Imperial Palace, interest, International Landmark, Iran, iranian, Isfahan, january, Japan, japanese, Jennifer, jennifer lopez, Las Vegas, Lopez, national, netherlands, Nevada, new, new year, new year berlin, new york, Newscom, Nieuwe Maas River, On The Phone, panoramic, part of, party, peforms, People, performs, photo, Rahmanian, Revelers, ringing, river, Rotterdam, royalty, scotland, sea, service, sky, square, swimming, taking, Tehran, Tenby, Thousands, time, Times Square - Manhattan, Tokyo Prefecture, Traditional Culture, UK, UPI, UPI/Maryam, usa, Vank, vertical, Waist Up, wales, wave, Worshipers, year, year'S, york | Leave a commentTEHRAN, IRAN: In a predominantly Moslem country, local Iranian Christians attend the church service on the first day of the new year at the Vank church in, Isfahan, Tehran, January 1, 2010. UPI/Maryam Rahmanian Photo via Newscom
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TOKYO, JAPAN: Well-wishers wave Japanese national flags to celebrate the New Year with the Japanese Imperial Family at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
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Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to the well-wishers celebrating the New Year at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
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Emperor Akihito (5th R) and other members of the Japanese Imperial Family wave to the well-wishers celebrating the New Year at the Imperial Palace on January 2, 2010 .(Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images).
TENBY, WALES : A New Year’s reveller takes a dip in the icy sea during the Saundersfoot annual charity swim on January 1, 2010 in Saundersfoot near Tenby, Wales. Hundreds of brave swimmers ran in to to the sea to welcome in 2010 and raise cash for charity. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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LAS VEGAS: Fireworks explode over the Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter as part of a New Year’s Eve celebration January 1, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for CityCenter)
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ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS : New Year’s Eve fireworks display illuminates the sky over the Erasmus Bridge crossing the Nieuwe Maas river on January 1, 2010 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
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BERLIN: Fireworks explode over the Quadriga sculpture on the Brandenburg Gate in celebration of the new year on January 1, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Thousands of revelers descended on the area in front of the Brandenburg Gate to celebrate. (Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)
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EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM : New Year revellers enjoy the firework display above Edinburgh Castle on January 1, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Around eighty thousand people were expected to attend the festivities in Scotland’s capital. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK : After a one minute countdown, the ball drops in Times Square on January 1, 2010 in New York City. Security was tight amid preparations for the annual New Years Eve ball drop in Times Square. (Photo by Brian Harkin/Getty Images)
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