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Art
work is projected on Arc de Triomphe for New Year's celebrations on the
Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on January 1, 2016 ©Florian David (AFP)
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Millions of people around
the world welcomed in the New Year on high security alert, with Munich stations
evacuated over an imminent terror threat and fireworks canceled in Paris and
Brussels, while a huge fire ripped through a Dubai hotel.
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People
watch fireworks during New Year celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de
Janeiro ©Yasuyoshi Chiba (AFP)
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German
police warned people to stay away from two of Munich's railway stations and
avoid large gatherings after "indications that a terror attack" was
being planned by Islamists in the southern German city.
