Showing off : A peacock at La Aurora zoo, south of Guatemala City(March23,2006). (MORE PHOTOS-> ।
Adwaitya — a giant Aldabra tortoise — rests inside its cage at Kolkata zoo in April 2005. Zoo officials have said that the famed 255-year-old tortoise brought to the eastern Indian city during the rule of the British East India Company has died.
A 2005 file photo shows an aldabra tortoise believed to be around 250 years old looking at visitors in a zoo in Kolkata, India. The tortoise has died in the Kolkata zoo of liver failure, Indian authorities said on Thursday.
The floor of the American Stock Exchange is seen in an undated file photo. The member-owned American Stock Exchange said on Thursday it plans to convert into a for-profit corporation, after its board of governors approved a plan to demutualize the exchange.
Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman and his fiancee, Beth Smith goof around during a party for the third-season premiere of the Hawaii-based hit reality show, ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter,’ Thursday, March 16, 2006, on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu. Season three will feature everything from celebrity ride-alongs to Chapman finally getting married to his longtime sidekick and business partner, Beth Smith.
A photo of Army Spc. Jacob C. Palmatier is tied to one of several shoes on display to call attention to people killed in the Iraq war during a news conference held by the Christian Peacemaker Teams Thursday, March 23, 2006, in Chicago. The co-director of the Chicago-based peace group said she was grateful that three of the organization’s members have been freed after spending months as hostages in Iraq, but that the group is still grieving for the loss of Tom Fox whose body was found about two weeks ago.
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