dition began with a 700-pound ball of wood and iron, lit with 100 25-watt incandescent bulbs. This year's event featured an energy-efficient sphere clad in Waterford crystals, with 9,576 light-emitting diodes that generated a kaleidoscope of colors.In London, people gathered in Trafalgar Square and along the banks of the River Thames to watch a fireworks display and hear Big Ben welcome the New Year with 12 resounding bongs.China started its Olympic year with a New Year party including fireworks, singing and dancing put on by the organizer of the Summer Olympics.In Sydney one of the first cities to celebrate the New Year one million revelers cheered as fireworks sprayed from the iconic Harbor Bridge on the New Year's Eve.party、2008200311、、、•700100259576122008100
Miquel Colina, son of the head of the ticket office that sold part of the winning number 06381 for Spain's El Gordo lottery, shows the winning numbers and a four-leaf clover as he celebrates in Vic near Barcelona December 22, 2007.Spain's El Gordo, the world's biggest lottery, gave out 2.2 billion euros (1.6 billion pounds) in Christmas prizes on Saturday.El Gordo, Spanish for The Fat One, is designed so that as many people as possible across Spain get a festive windfall.The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 06381 toms shoes on sale.Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize.The biggest share of winning tickets was bought by people in the town of Nava, in the north-western Asturias region.The draw lasts three-and-a-half hours and is carried live on national television with children from the San Ildefonso school toms outlet, a former orphanage in Madrid, in turn chanting the winning numbers and the amount won.Lotteries have two centuries of history in Spain.The country spent 2.87 billion euros on the lottery -- 5.7 percent more than last year. Seventy percent is paid out in prizes. Most of the rest goes in costs Toms shoes outlet.Eight out of ten Spaniard Related articles:

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