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World's oldest living person celebrates 114th birthday

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-01-30 10:11

Japan's oldest person Yone Minagawa blows off some of the candles on her birthday cake with a nursing home official as they celebrate her 114th birthday at a special nursing home in Fukuchi town in Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan, January 4, 2007. Minagawa has become the world's oldest living person after Emma Faust Tillman, who became the world's oldest last week, reportedly died Sunday night at a nursing home in Connecticut at 114 years old, local media reports. Picture taken January 4, 2007. [Reuters]