People around the world ushered in the New Year 2012 with prayers, balloons and fireworks. They rejoiced the end of 2011 by holding midnight parties at select disco clubs and pubs.
Big crowds gathered in almost all major cities in the continent to celebrate the arrival of 2012.
Plans are under way for the smooth handling of the eventuality that involves the presence of the Queen and other dignitaries from around the world, a report has said.
With only a comparatively few hours left before the ball drops in New York's Times Square, the world-famous New Year's Eve party venue has been all decked out. An estimated 1 million people will make their way to the Manhattan location, looking to welcome the New Year.
This couple's love story is unique; they waited for 33 years before deciding to get married.
It's pointless to give treatises on all these happenings at a time when the whole world is getting ready to welcome the New Year. And the only apt thing to do at the eleventh hour is nothing but to recall the events through the dramatic images of the year
The entire world is all decked out to ring in 2012. Samoa, the tiny South Pacific nation, and the neighbouring Tokelau will be the first in the world to usher in the new year.
Pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), might contest the elections.
At least 10 feared dead after mass protests clash with security forces in Damascus, Homs, Hama and Deraa.
The International Business Times UK story of 2011 revealed how the nude Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy fused the Arab Spring and the rise of the protester to a singular effect.
According to police, Sajjad Masih Gill of Pakpattan district in the Punjab province of Pakistan was arrested on the basis of complaints lodged by local Muslims.
US State Department 'concerned' by surprise raids on human rights offices.
Pre-emptive assault on Gaza Strip 'terror squad' foils rocket attack on Israel, says IDF.
'Iron Lady' kept lid on expenses of official residence, say National Archive documents.
Cali has celebrated the annual bullfighting festival.
Iranian authorities have claimed that they spotted and filmed a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz, the strategic oil-transit channel, has become the latest focal point of tensions between Iran and the United States.
Israeli security forces arrested prominent right-wing activists in the West Bank early Thursday, reports Haaretz.
Newlyweds tie the knot at synchronised mass wedding in Peruvian capital of Lima.
Priests exchanged blows at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity over plans for the Orthodox Christmas in January.
Actress Megan Fox and TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson made the two biggest mental health related gaffes of the year, a charity claims.
Egypt's popular Islamist movement commits itself to protecting victimised Christians as they prepare for Coptic Christmas.
Kim Jong-il funeral service ignored by foreign dignitaries apart from China.
Among girls' names, Olivia comes first, followed by Lily and Sophie.
“When I walk to school in the morning I used to get a tummy ache because I was so scared … that they were going to stand and start yelling and spitting,” the AP has quoted Naama Margolese as saying.
Death toll expected to climb after chemical warehouse explosion sets off chain of blasts.
Protesters against Syrian president freed as reports surface of deaths in Hama city.
Convicted sex offender Michael Plumador posted photos of murdered Aliahna Lemmon and her sisters only weeks before he killed her with a brick and dismembered her body.
Arab monitors anger anti-Assad protesters by saying 'not overly concerned' by Homs violence.
This year, many there were many Santas who appeared in odd looks, performing various tasks.
Politicians who made unconventional moves are Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Margaret Thatcher, Robert Bennett and Barack Obama.
