Aussies welcome 2007 with fireworks show

SYDNEY, Australia - Fireworks showered over Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge as a million onlookers cheered the New Year. Crowds scaled Japan's Mount Fuji for a view of the first 2007 dawn, but the Thai capital canceled its major celebration and sent thousands of people home after a series of evening bombings.

The celebrations in Sydney, one of the world's first major cities to greet the new year, focused on a fireworks display over Sydney Harbor.

Police estimated a million people crammed the shore for the fireworks and daylong festivities, some staking their claims to the best view before dawn Sunday and pitching tents in case of rain.