New Year's Eve fireworks in Rome kill hundreds of birds

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Hundreds of birds died after many people set off fireworks in the Italian capital on New Year's Eve, animal rightsgroups said Friday, calling it a "massacre."Footage of streets near Rome's main train station showed dozens and dozens of birds, mostly starlings,scattered lifeless on the ground.The cause of the deaths was not clear, but the International Organization for the Protection of Animals said itappeared related to a particularly loud display of firecrackers and fireworks in the leafy neighborhood that manybirds use to nest.