US | New Year's Eve World Rings In 2010 Hundreds of thousands descend on Times Square By John Johnson Posted Dec 31, 2009 6:56 PM CST Updated Jan 1, 2010 5:18 AM CST Copied Fireworks flash over Sydney Harbor. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) See 20 more photos From Sydney to Times Square, the world rang in 2010 with the usual pomp and funny glasses. See the AP photos for a sampling. Read These Next The 8 Democrats who bucked party on shutdown have something in common. Here's where things stand in the House ahead of shutdown vote. Hormone therapy for menopause was unfairly demonized, says the FDA. Trump is responding to MTG's increasing criticism of GOP. Report an error