Carry Your Lover Options

[Pradeep]

Amnat Puttigo holds Chanantida Bunsamer during "Carry Your Lover" contest competed by nine couples in Pattaya, Thailand Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003 in which husband or groom to be holds his partner as long as possible. Amnat won the event with the prize of 100,000 Baht (US$2,300). The couple recorded 10 hours 49 minutes and 15 seconds


The fossilised footprints of primitive humans are seen on the side of the Roccamonfina Volcano in southern Italy March 18, 2003. The fossilised prints known locally as "devils trails", belong to three early humans who were probably climbing down the side of the Volcano about 385,000 to 325,000 years ago. Scientists in Italy have said that these prints are the oldest footprints found so far of primitive humans


Seiko Epson Corp. unveils the company's newly developed ultra-thin microrobots, Monsieur II-P, in Tokyo March 19, 2003. The prototype microrobots, which weighs 12.5-gram, is activated by what Epson believes to be the world's thinnest microactuator (an ultrasonic motor), and controlled by a Bluetooth module that features power-saving


French wall climber Alain Robert, known for feats worldwide in climbing tall buildings, scales the National Bank of Abu Dhabi's new 202 metre headquarters February 21, 2003. A crowd of about 50,000 people turned out to witness the feat by Robert, who has also climbed the Sears Tower in Chicago, Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Eiffel Tower in Paris and Empire State Building in New York City


A flame burns near an icon of the Hindu deity Ganesh playing cricket while another is adorned with a cricket ball in the southern Indian city of Madras on February 22, 2003. Indian cricket fan Rama Krishnan, 56, created the unique temple to assist India in its ongoing World Cup campaign