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(From The Journal)
SYDNEY was the first major city to see the opening minutes of 2009, with organisers kicking off the world's celebrations with a record 5,000kg (5.5 tons) of pyrotechnics over the famous Harbour Bridge in the city's biggest display yet.
And as midnight approached in the UK, traditional outdoor New Year's Eve street parties attracted hundreds of thousands of revellers, despite freezing conditions across the country.
Thanks to the Earth's erratic rotation, the countdown to 2009 lasted a moment longer as British physicists and official timekeepers around the world inserted a ...