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Bosnians, meanwhile, celebrated their first peaceful New Year's Day in four years.
CNN: Troops in Bosnia
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Coronation Street actor William Roache , who has played Ken Barlow since the series began 40 years ago, also becomes an MBE, as does Trevor Harrison , known to millions of listeners as Eddie Grundy in Radio 4's The Archers, which celebrates 50 years on air on New Year's Day.
BBC: Showbiz honours in full
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Earlier this year Hurricane Isaac hit New Orleans exactly 7 years to the day that Hurricane Katrina devastated the gulf coast in 2005.
FORBES: 7 Year Storm Cycle: Katrina, Isaac, Hurricane Sandy And The Perfect Storm
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Verizon seems more excited about the prospect, expecting the 284 million text messages sent last year on its network between 12pm New Years Eve and 4am New Years Day to rise to 300 million.
ENGADGET: Texting delays a given on New Years, celebrate accordingly
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It was the first time in 19 years for North Koreans to hear their leader give a New Year's Day speech.
NPR: AP Exclusive: Richardson Pressing NKorean Test Ban