President Bill Clinton bobbles a pass during a pickup beach football game, December 31 

President Bill Clinton misses a pass during a pickup beach football game December 31 

Traders celebrate the New Year at the Paris Stock Exchange, December 31 

Fireworks burst from the Sydney Harbour Bridge on new years eve December 31 

President Bill Clinton stretches out with his driver on the first tee of the Robert Trent Jones golf club December 31 

Quincy Jones and Nastassja Kinski shake hands with a fan December 31 

Embattled pop superstar Michael Jackson is ushered in by MGM Grand Hotel security as he leaves the Mirage Hotel 

Japanese royal family pose for a New Year's photo session at the Imperial Palace. L-R:Crown Princess Masako; Princess Nori, daughter of Emperor; Emperor Akihito; Princess Mako, daughter of Prince Akishino; Empress Michiko; Prince Akishino; Princess Akishino; Crown Prince Naruhito. Picture taken 16 DEC 93 for celebration of the New Year 

A trader gives orders while celebrating the New Year at the Paris Stock Exchange, December 31 

A trader protects himself from confettis while celebrating the New Year at the Paris Stock Exchange, December 31 

South Korean President Kim Young-Sam announces his New Year message at the presidential Blue House on January 1 

Archbishop Desmond Tutu presides over the marriage of his daughter Mpho to American sports journalist Joseph Burris, December 31 

Vietnamese women lead a funeral procession in downtown Hanoi on December 31 for Vietnam's senior monk Thich Duc Nhuan, who died at age of 96. Buddhism is the religion of most of Vietnam's 71 million people 

Traders celebrate the New Year at the Paris Stock Exchange, December 31 

Shinto priests pass under a wooden Torii gate as they head for a rite to prepare for the New Year at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine December 31,1993. Millions of people visit the shrine to pray for their health and prosperity at the start of the New Year. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama AVD/PN 

Fireworks burst from the Sydney Harbour Bridge on New Year's Eve December 31, 1993 silhouetting the Sydney Opera House while spectator craft moored in Farm Cove watch the heralding of the new year. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Will Burgess AVD/PN 

A worker checks a model railway track laid around the Grand Hall at Olympia in London during the Model Engineer and Modelling Exhibition December 31, 1993. The passenger carrying 7 1/4" gauge model railway is the longest ever assembled in Britain. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Andrew Wong AVD/PN 

Palestinians supporting the mainstream Fatah Palestinian movement cheer December 31, 1993 as they attend a large rally marking the anniversary of the founding of Fatah held in Gaza City. Behind are portraits of Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO and founder of Fatah. "Fatah Day" is January 1. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah AVD/PN 

French driver Pierre Lartigue drives over a bump in his Citroen ZX December 30 on his way to Africa during the third stage of the Paris-Dakar-Paris rally race 

President Clinton gets direction from Woody Marcott (R), chairman of Dana Corporation, as he prepares to tee off on the first hole at Arthur Hills golf course at Hilton Head Island December 30 

Monsignor Claudio Celli (L), representing the Holy See, and Yossi Beilin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, exchange copies of an historic accord on mutual recognition in the Foreign Ministry after each had signed December 30. The accord clears the way for full official ties after 2,000 years of often hostile Jewish - Christian relations 

Monsignor Claudio Celli (L) watches as Yossi Beilin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, removes a "yamulka" or Jewish skull cap December 30 during the signing ceremony on mutual recognition in the Foreign Ministry. Beilin has recited a short prayer during his speech following the signing which clears the way for full official ties after 2,000 years of often hostile Jewish - Christian relations 

General Ramon Emilio Gil Bermudez, head of Colombia's armed forces 

Monsignor Claudio Celli , Vatican Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs signs the 15-point agreement on mutual recognition in the Foreign Ministry December 30. Israel and the Vatican recognised each other today, a landmark step after 2,000 years of often hostile Jewish - Christian relations 

Yossi Beilin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel signs the 15-point agreement on mutual recognition in the Foreign Ministry December 30. Israel and the Vatican recognised each other today, a landmark step after 2,000 years of often hostile Jewish - Christian relations 

Yossi Beilin (R), Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, and Monsignor Claudio Celli, the Vatican's Under - Secretary of Foreign Affairs toast after their mutual recognition agreement signing in the Foreign Ministry December 30. They are joined in the toast by, Hanna Kaldany, Vicar of the Patriarch in Israel (far R), and Andrea Montezemolo, Apostolic delegate to Israel 

Spain's number three bank Banesto Chairman Mario Conde 

Spain's number three bank Banesto Chairman Mario Conde 

A man bends down to enter his home as the river Oise bursts its banks in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, December 30 

Cambodian Finance Minister Sam Rainsy , December 29 

Palestinian leader George Habash the head of the radical Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) smiles beside his wife Hilda December 30 

Jordan's king Hussein welcoming PLO chief Yasser Arafat December 30 

Britain's Princess Diana is surrounded by New York City police officers as she makes her way through New York's LaGuardia airport December 30, accompanied by Lucia Lima (R 

Princess Diana makes her way through New York's LaGuardia Airport December 30 

President Clinton goes for an early morning jog on the beach where a shrimp boat works in the surf off Hilton Head Island on Dec.30. It is Clinton's second day of his New Years' vacation 

Princess Diana (R) leaves the Ralph Lauren store on Madison Avenue in New York December 30 

Princess Diana lowers her head in the back seat of a sedan, December 30 

Sydney sloop Ninety Seven is followed by spectator craft in Derwent River as she wins the 630-nautical mile storm-ridden Sydney to Hobart yacht race December 30. Ninety Seven is the smallest yacht to take line honours in 40 years 

Major-General Yitzhak Mordechia, (Center with binoculars) chief of Israel's northern command, stands December 30 with other officers next to the bodies of three guerrillas killed in an infiltration attempt near this farming community on the Israel Lebanese border 

An elderly woman cries at her husband's grave in a snow covered graveyard December 30 

Helped by her mother, three-year-old Nong Plare releases birds from a cage near a revered Brahmin shrine in downtown Bangkok on December 30, 1993. Thais celebrate the New Year by making merits, offering food to Buddhist monks and freeing animals from captivity as they believe the gestures would bring fortunes in the coming year.SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE REUTERS/Apichart Weerawong AVD/PN 

The Duchess of York meets young people December 15 during a visit to The Bryn Melyn Community in Bala, North Wales 

Britain's Princess Diana, dressed casually in jeans and with a long red coat, keeps her head down December 29 

Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa (L) and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat embrace at Cairo airport December 29 

A helicopter flies pass the 34-metre high Tian Tan Buddha statue on a mountaintop at Po Lin Buddhist Monastery prior to its inaugural ceremony here December 29. The world's biggest free-standing outdoor Buddha cost HK$68 million (approx US$8.7 million) to be build 

An aerial view of Tian Tan Buddha on a mountaintop at Po Lin Buddhist Monastery during the inauguratal ceremony December 29. The world's biggest free-standing outdoor Buddha costs about HK$68 million (approx. US$8.8 million) to build 

President Itamar Franco goes over his end-of-year speech in his cabinet in Brasilia December 29 

A ski jumper flies over the small Bavarian town of Oberstdorf during a practise on December 29. Oberstdorf is the first station of the Four-Hills-Ski-Jumping tournament starting on December 30 

President Clinton shouts and waves at friends as he boards Air Force One at the Fayetteville airport December 29 

Egyptian antiquities official, Mohammed Abdel-Maqsood (L) helps hold up a large ancient pottery vase December 29 as part of Israel's return to Egypt of 100 cases of antiquities found during Israel's 15-year occupation of the Sinai peninsula. Next to Maqsood is Amir Drori, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority (rear). At right is Egyptian Mohammed Faez-Sadah and Uzi Dahari (2nd,R) of the Israel Antiquities Authority 

Former US President Richard Nixon and his daughter Tricia Nixon Cox applaud during a memorial service in New York December 29 

A Beijing money-changer flips through a handful of several thousand renminbi December 29 

Chanting monks inaugurate the world's biggest outdoor bronze Buddha built on a mountaintop at Po Lin Buddhist monastery in Hong Kong December 29 

This national "deathclock" in New York's Times Square was unveiled December 29 in order to tick off the number of guns in America and the deaths they cause. The clock, financed by New York businessman Robert Brennan, founder of the Dehere Gun Fighters of America, will begin tallying killings on January 1, 1994 

Indian trade unionists burn copies of the new General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade (GATT) pact during a demonstration near Indian Parliament in New Delhi on December 29 

Filipino brokers at the Manila Stock Exchange in the financial district of Makati on December 29 shout loud hurrahs as the Stock market closed at new all-time highs on the last trading day of the year 

Floor traders at the Korea Stock Exchange in Seoul throw up stock slips in the air on December 28, their last day of trading for this year 

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres reads the morning paper during breakfast December 29 

A Filipino boy blow a horn made of carton to attract customers in preparations for the coming New Year in a busy street of Manila December 29 

Palestinians supporting Fatah, including members of the Fatah "Hawks", dance in a circle December 28th as they celebrate "Fatah Day