A Somali man walks past an American graffitied wall at Mogadishu airport December 29 .The word "skinny" in US soldier slang means Somali 

View of the river Seine in Paris ,December 29, as the level of the water reaches a critical level 

A Filipino boy blows a horn made of cardboard to attract customers in preparation for the coming New Year in a busy street of Manila December 29, 1993. The government is urging the people to use cardboard horns to welcome the New Year rather than firecrackers to avoid injury, mostly to children. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco AVD/PN 

Indian trade unionists burn copies of the new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) pact during a demonstration near Indian Parliament in New Delhi on December 29, 1993. Nearly 400 people took part in the demonstration against an agreement they said was bad for India. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore AVD/PN 

A Beijing money-changer flips through a handful of several thousand renminbi December 29, 1993. In a step towards full convertibility, China anounced today it would unify the country's current dual-track exchange rate system as of January 01,1994. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Dennis Owen AVD/PN 

Filipino brokers in Manila financial district of Makati on December 29, 1993 shout loud hurrahs as the stock market closed at new all-time highs on the last trading day of the year. The Philippine stock market is among the best performing markets in the world. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco AVD/PN 

Libya's exiled crown prince Mohammed al-Hassan al-Rida al-Sanoussi, December 28 

Valerie Claisse (L), 21, representing the "Pays de Loire" newly elected MISS FRANCE 94 poses with Veronique de la Cruz , last year's winner from Guadeloupe , at the end of a beauty contest between girls from 40 different regions of France on December 28 

Valerie Claisse , 21, representing the "Pays de Loire" newly elected MISS FRANCE 94 celebrates her title at the end of a beauty contest between girls from 40 different regions of France on December 28 

Supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) and the ruling National Party battle it out with posters ahead of Democratic Elections , December 28 

Valerie Claisse , 21, representing the " Pays de Loire " receives the MISS FRANCE 94 crown from Veronique de la Cruz , last year's winner from Guadeloupe , at the end of a beauty contest between girls from 40 different regions of France on December 28 

French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur seen in his office at the hotel Matignon, December 28 

A mother and daughter wave from the fogged window December 28 of one of eight buses carrying about 400 civilians en route to Croatia from the besieged Bosnian capital 

Valerie Claisse , 21, representing the " Pays de Loire " receives the MISS FRANCE 94 crown from Veronique de la Cruz , last year's winner from Guadeloupe , at the end of a beauty contest between girls from 40 different regions of France on December 28 

French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur seen in his office at the hotel Matignon , December 28 

French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur seen in his office at the hotel Matignon , December 28 

Valerie Claisse (L) , 21, representing the " Pays de Loire " newly elected MISS FRANCE 94 celebrates her title with Veronique de la Cruz (R) , last year's winner from Guadeloupe , at the end of a beauty contest between girls from 40 different regions of France on December 28 

Hundreds of communist hardliners greet the ultra - nationalist Leader of Russian Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky in central Sofia, December 28 

Climber Steve Peake above the Pyg Track on Mount Snowdon in Snowdonia National Park in North Wales December 28, 1993. Despite a sudden thaw scores of climbers were on the 3,559 feet mountain taking advantage of their festive holidays. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Bob Collier AVD/PN 

Israeli Border Police stand at the New Orient House, the provisional headquarters of the PLO in East Jerusalem, as two Palestinian men pass by December 27 

Several hundred Russian immigrants take to the street in front of the prime minister's office December 27 as they hold floor squeegees protesting the kind of employment they are able to find in Israel. Many educated Russian immigrants are only able to find menial jobs in Israel such as house cleaners and street sweepers. The squeegee is popular in Israel and is used to wash tile floors 

Nikolai Galushko, the head of the Security Ministry, the former KGB, , gestures while talking at a press-conference December 27 

Cars, trucks and motorbikes line up around the Trocadero fountains in front of the eiffel Tower after their technical checks December 27. The 1994 Paris-Dakar-Paris rally will get under way from Paris' Trocadero December 28 

Family members grieve December27 during the funeral of a man who died after a short illness in the besieged Bosnian capital. Due to harsh conditions, many people who are weakened by sickness never recover 

President Clinton, sporting his newly-purchased duck call, heads out for a day of duck hunting on Taylors Island December 27 on Maryland's Eastern Shore 

President Clinton pauses with family members of the owner of the Fruit Hill hunting Lodge after his duck hunting outing in Maryland's Eastern Shore, December 27 

A Serbian tank changes position during fighting against Croat forces near the town of Benkovac in the UN protected Serb enclave of Krajina December 26 

Alina Maria Salgado Fernandez, the 16-year-old granddaughter of Cuban President Fidel Castro, plays with a family dog December 27 

Beach cleaners remove one of 13 barrels containing 200 litres of acetone, found on the Vendee coast, south of Brittany, December 27 

A police officer arranges a display in New York December 27 showing some of the 317 guns turned into the 34th Precinct there over the last four days in a toys for guns exchange program. Owners received $100 gift certificates for toys and other goods for turning in their guns. Organizers of the program plan to expand it nationally 

Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is greeted by flag-waving children at Beijing Airport December 27 

Chinese President Jiang Zemin addresses party members while paying tribute to late chairman Mao Tzedung (backgaound picture) on the centenary of his birth in Beijing December 26 

Russian Liberal Democratic Party Leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky asks a personel bodyguard for a towel after a swim in his hotel pool in Sandansky (180 km south of Sofia),December 26 

Maxi yacht Brindabella, under spinnaker sails down the coast December 26 as she leads the fleet in the annual 630-nautical mile yacht race from Sydney to Hobart 

Pope John Paul II on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica giving his Urbi et Orbi blessing to the city and the World on Christmas day 

Rebel Serb soldiers jump out of a truck December 24 , in no-man's land near Benkovac in the UN protected Serb enclave of Krajina in Croatia 

The crowd gathers in St. Peter's Square December 25 to receive from Pope John Paul II his Urbi et Orbi blessing to the city and the World on Christmas Day 

Pope John Paul II blesses pilgrims and visitors from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after imparting his Urbi et Orbi blessing to the city and world on Christmas Day 

Firemen evacuate two stranded women as water from the nearby river Aisne floods their home, December 25. T 

A woman on her doorstep looks at water from the nearby river Aisne flood her surroudings , December 25 

JULY 1993 FILE PICTURE - Italian doctor Severino Antinori in his private clinic 

An elderly woman prays in the front pew of the besieged capital's main Catholic cathedral beside two French UN officers during Christmas mass services December 24 

A British UN soldier dressed as a snowman walks by parked APC's at the UN British base in Vitez December 24 to join his fellows to celebrate Christmas eve in traditional way 

A barefoot Palestinian boy has his hands cuffed with plastic cord by Israeli soldiers December 25 as he is arrested in the central market area for stone throwing 

Iraqi and Kuwaiti defendents ask court officials for cigarettes December 25 , in a caged section of Kuwait's state security court 

Dressed up as Santa Claus, US Forces Sergeant 1st Class Lawrence Pittman from New England, arrives by hellicopter at the 46th Combat Support Hospital. He brought season's greetings to patients and US Forces Medical Teams, 25 December 93 

An elderly man is carried to dry land by a fireman as widespread flooding hit the Northern part of France December 25 

The Princess of Wales with her younger son Prince Harry 

Firemen, up to their knees in water, adjust their helmets as water from the nearby river Aisne floods the Soisson station, December 25. T 

An Indian prisoner dressed as Santa Claus (L) greets foreign prisoners at New Delhi's main prison on December 25, 1993. The prison authorities organised Christmas celebrations for the imprisoned. Some 1,800 Indian and foreign prisoners took part in the celebrations. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Kamal Kishore AVD/PN 

Russian President Boris Yeltsin (C) and Turkmenistan President Saparmurad Niyazov (R) lead other CIS leaders after their meeting at the Presidential palace in Ashgabad December 24. During the meeting Presedent Yeltsin was elected as the Chairman of the CIS 

Israeli soldiers watch as Palestinians march past in a procession wearing sashes the colour scheme of the Palestinian flag . Hundreds of Palestinian Scouts held a long procession December 24 through Manger Square and the old city of Bethlehem prior to the religious procession. Many Palestinian wore uniforms with PLO motifs and colours 

Palestinians whistle and applaud as Palestinian scouts pass playing nationalistic songs on bagpipes during a large procession December 24 prior to the religious procession on Christmas eve. Many of the Palestinian Scouts , including this bagpiper , wear the Palestinian flag national colours as part of their uniforms 

Christian pilgrims reach out to touch a statue of the infant Jesus being carried by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah at the conclusion of midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem's Manger Square Dec. 25 

Clergymen lead the procession of Michel Sabbah , Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem , at the conclusion of midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem's Manger Square Dec. 25 

Michel Sabbah , the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Holyland , waves December 24 as he is accompanied by Bethlehem's mayor Elias Freij (at R of Sabbah) during the Christmas eve procession through Manger Square to the Church of the Nativity 

A huge Palestinian flag is displayed in Manger Square carried by a Palestian Scout as the religious procession gets underway on Christmas eve, December 24 . Above, an Israeli helicopter watches the scene, and behind, a mosque minaret 

A Gendarme in a zodiac passes by a group of horses stranded in a flooded field as widespread flooding hit the Northern part of France December 24 

New york City Police Commisioner Raymond Kelly (R) and businessman Fernando Mateo (L) look over guns turned into the 34th precinct in the guns for toys program in New York on December 24 

People queue in Beijing's Tiananmen Square December 24, 1993 to take a look at the embalmed body of the late Chairman Mao Zedong. REUTERS/Stringer