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Michelle Bodkin kisses John Favorite, a sailor on the USS Carney, just before the stroke of midnight in New York's Times Square Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin)



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Mohammad Ali, 27, performs with scorpions at the Snake House in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad December 28, 2002. The newly opened reptile house is home to a few hundred snakes and entrance to the place is free. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood



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The Shenzhou IV, dubbed 'Divine Ship', launches from Jiuquan Satellite Center in China's northwestern province of Gansu on December 30, 2002. China blasted its fourth unmanned spacecraft into space on Monday in what is likely to be a final test before sending its first astronaut into orbit around earth, state media said. (Xinhua/Reuters)



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Palestinians check the damage to their house in the Khan Younis refugee camp, south of the Gaza strip January 1, 2003. Overnight 10 Israeli tanks and armoured personnel carriers were involved in the operation to blow up the house of Yassin al-Agha, who was killed by Israeli troops last month. Palestinians and human rights groups call Israel's house demolition policy a form of 'collective punishment' that violates international humanitarian law. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah



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Chinese revellers celebrate the New Year at a disco in Shanghai January 1, 2003. Discos across China were packed during the New Year as Chinese are shunning Communist doctrine and increasingly adopting Western ideas. REUTERS/China Photo