Manuel Uribe sits on his bed at home in Monterrey, Mexico in a January 17, 2006 file photo. Uribe, who at 550 kilograms (1,212 pounds) is possibly the heaviest person in the world, hopes to travel to Italy for a life-saving operation to shed weight…(MORE PHOTOS-> ।
Baghdad, Iraq, April 9, 2006. Top U.S. and coalition commanders and their staffs now enjoy an array of modern conveniences and amenities across the command center.
A handout photo released on May 4, 2006 by the Census of Marine Life (CoML) shows a ‘Thalassocalyce’, a type of ctenophone or comb jelly which was discovered by scientists trawling rarely explored tropical ocean depths. Scientists have found about 10-20 new species of tiny creatures in the depths of the Atlantic in a survey that will gauge whether global warming may harm life in the oceans, an international report said on Thursday.
Filipino mother Rhodora Israel, 29, second from left, front, reacts while breastfeeding her five-month-old fraternal twins Martin Jaime, left, and Mary Faith during an attempt by Manila mothers to set simultaneous breastfeeding record Thursday May 4, 2006. Exactly 3,738 mothers in Manila joined in simultaneous breastfeeding to establish a new record which was aimed at encouraging mothers that there’s no substitute for mother’s milk. The current Guinness World Record holder was organized by the city of Berkeley Women Infants Program in Berkeley, California when 1,130 mothers simultaneously breastfed their babies August 3, 2002.
An earthquake measuring eight hit the Tonga islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web site said on Wednesday and a tsunami warning was issued for Fiji and New Zealand. The Tonga islands are an archipelago east of Australia and north east of New Zealand.
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