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BBC OS: Security Heightened for New Year's Eve Festivities

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31/12/2015 GMT

Security Heightened for New Year's Eve Festivities

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Firework displays in Brussels and Paris cancelled, Red Square in Moscow closed to public

Firework displays in Brussels and Paris cancelled, Red Square in Moscow closed to public/ Two sentenced to death for murder of Bangladesh blogger/ Running from Canada to Argentina

Firework displays in Brussels and Paris are cancelled, while the Red Square in Moscow has been closed to the public. Two people have been sentenced to death for their involvement in the murder of Bangladesh blogger, Ahmed Rajib Haider. And the man who's run from Vancouver to Buenos Aires for charity.

(Photo: A Belgian soldier patrols  Brussels Grand Place. Credit: Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

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