Oldest person celebrates 116th birthday

Hryhory Nestor, a former shepherd, presumed to be the world's oldest living person, celebrates his 116th birthday with a glass of champagne -- diluted with water and fruit juice-- in his house, in the village of Stariy Yarychiv, 30 km (18 miles) east of the historic city of Lviv, March 15, 2007. Nestor's birthdate makes him nearly two years older than Yone Minagawa, a Japanese woman who turned 114 in January.

Violent clashes in Hungary

Policemen walk past the burning barricade during violent clashes after anti-government protests in Budapest March 15, 2007. Police and rioters clashed on the streets of Budapest on Thursday after about one hundred thousand people rallied to demand for the resignation of Hungary's Socialist prime minister.

"Fallas" opens in Spain

Giant elaborate sculptures are displayed on the street of Valencia for "Fallas" festival."Fallas" festival opens in Valencia March 15, 2007. The Fallas festival welcomes Spring and honours Saint Joseph's Day with the burning of giant elaborate sculptures and effigies of wood and plastic in the early hours of March 20, 2007.

Premier Wen Jiabao meeting press

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the media during a press conference shortly after the conclusion of the Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2007.

Black and white at Korean 2007 spring fashion show

A model shows the creation during a fashion show of the 2007 Spring collections held at Shinsegye department store in Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea (ROK), March 15, 2007. Black and white become the theme of this spring.

China's parliament annual session holds closing meeting

The Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's Congress (NPC) holds its closing meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2007, approving a landmark property right law and a corporate income tax law.

Haniyeh hands over list of Palestinian government to Abbas

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh stands among his lineup of cabinet ministers of the new unity government in Gaza March 15, 2007.

Bodies of Saddam's sons reburied near their father

Supporters place flowers on the new graves of Iraq's former President Saddam Hussein's two sons Uday and Qusay and a grandson after they were reburied in Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, 175km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, March 14, 2007. The bodies of Uday and Qusay had been dug up and reburied outside the hall where their father was buried after he was hanged in December, relatives said on Wednesday.

Sony introduces pocket-size digital TV

Sony introduces the XDV-100 pocket-size digital TV in Japan.The measurements of the Sony XDV-100 are 98.3��61��15.1mm and the sleek TV weighs only 110g.

ROK comfort women protest Japan gov't, demanding apology

Former South Korean comfort women, who were forced to become sex slaves by Japanese soldiers during World War II, chant anti-Japanese slogans at a protest in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul March 7, 2007. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, seeking to bolster support within his conservative base, has stirred anger in China and South Korea by appearing to question the state's role in forcing women to be sex slaves for its soldiers during World War Two.

CPC senior official meets Turkmenistan party leader

Luo Gan (R1), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, meets with Onjik Musaev, the First Secretary of the Political Committee of the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan in Beijing March 15, 2007.

Troops withdrawal plan stalled in U.S. senate

Democratic Senator Joseph Biden (R) listens to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speak to the press after a vote on Capitol Hill in Wasington, DC. Democrats cranked up pressure on the White House over Iraq on Mar. 15, 2007, scoring an initial coup in the House of Representatives, but then failed to ram a troop withdrawal plan through the Senate.