New Year celebrations

Dubai went for the fireworks record while the Japanese chose to take time to reflect. Meanwhile, for New Year’s, New York is getting a new mayor.

Today is New Year’s Eve, and that means citizens of the world will be ringing in 2010 when the clock hits midnight. We’re leaping through time zones with reporters from across the globe for a look at how some cities are getting ready to celebrate.

For today’s Global Hit, the BBC’s Behzad Bolour gives us a taste of the music that accompanies Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Bolour presents a weekly music program about Iranian and World music.

Fair Game correspondent Ed Herro hits the streets to find out whether Americans are keeping their New Year’s resolutions.