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	Albania's oldest woman dies aged 123
		The oldest woman in Albania + and perhaps the world + died on Saturday at the age of 123 and was buried on Sunday beside the husband she resented being forced to marry at 14.
		Born on August 22, 1880, Hava Rexha breathed her last on Saturday in the picturesque central Albanian village of Shushice, where she had spent her whole life.
		Interviewed by Reuters a month before her 122nd birthday, Rexha still resented her forced marriage at 14 to a man who was "about 60 and married twice before as well".
	www2.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-11/10/content_280146.htm (321 words)

	Guardian \| Albanian woman dies aged 123
		The oldest woman in Albania - and perhaps the world - died on Saturday aged 123 and was buried yesterday next to her husband, whom she was forced to marry at 14.
		Born on August 22 1880, Hava Rexha died in Shushice, a village in central Albania where she had spent her whole life.
		Wrapped in a faded shroud which she embroidered for herself when her elderly husband died a few years after the second world war, Rexha was buried in the wooded cemetery in Shushice.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4793793-103681,00.html (283 words)

	123 Yr Old Woman Buried Next To Hated Husband
		Born on August 22, 1880, Hava Rexha breathed her last in the picturesque central Albanian village of Shushice, where she had spent her whole life.
		Rexha spent her life carrying out tough farming jobs and household chores -- pasturing livestock, raising children and never taking a break.
		Media reports said the National Commercial Bank had been giving Rexha a pension of $100 a month to help her grandson's needy family to look after her, and that the bank had begun action to register her with the Guinness Book of Records.
	www.rense.com /general44/123.htm (339 words)

	Oldest Albanian woman dies at 123
		Hava Rexha, born on August 14, 1880, spent her life in the mountain village of Shushica, some 60 kilomters (36 miles) south of Tirana, where she died on Saturday, reports said.
		Rexha was seven years older than the currently listed oldest person, Kamato Hongo of Japan, who died on October 31.
		Reports said Rexha was a farmer who enjoyed smoking and drank at least six cups of coffee a day, but as a Muslim she did not drink alcohol.
	quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/bd/Qalbania-people.R8L6_DNA.html (140 words)

	Blog of Death: Hava Rexha
		Hava Rexha, the oldest woman in Albania, died on Nov. 8.
		Born Aug. 22, 1880, Rexha spent her whole life doing farming jobs and housework in the Albanian village of Shushice.
		Rexha was buried next to the husband she was forced to marry in 1894 when she was only 14 years old.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000490.html (320 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Albanian woman is dead at 123
		Born Aug. 22, 1880, Hava Rexha breathed her last on Saturday in the picturesque central Albanian village of Shushice, where she had spent her life.
		Wrapped in a faded shroud that she embroidered for herself when her elderly husband died a few years after World War II, Rexha was buried in the Shushice cemetery.
		News reports said that National Commercial Bank had been giving Rexha $100 a month to help her grandson's family look after her and that the bank had begun action to register her with the Guinness Book of World Records.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2003/11/10/albanian_woman_is_dead_at_123?mode=PF (329 words)

	World's Oldest Person, 114, Dies in Japan
		According to the London-based records organization, the world's oldest person with an authenticated birth record was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at age 122.
		The family of an Albanian woman, Hava Rexha, said to be 123 years old had, also claimed the title of the world's oldest person, and had tried to get Guinness to recognize her as such before her death earlier this month.
		Rexha was said to have been born on Aug. 14, 1880, but didn't receive a birth certificate until 1946.
	mpelembe.mappibiz.com /archives_02/world_record.html (377 words)

	La mujer mas anciana de Albania muere a los 123 años \| terra
		Hava Rexha vivía en una ciudad del centro de Albania
		Rexha se pasó toda la vida cumpliendo pesados trabajos de campo y tareas domésticas --pastoreo de ganado, crianza de niños-- sin tomar nunca un descanso.
		La edad de Hava Rexha estaba declarada en un certificado de familia emitido por las autoridades comunistas de Albania en 1946.
	www.terra.com /noticias/articulo/html/act165384.htm (579 words)

	WANITA 123 Tahun, Dikubur Disamping Suami yang Dibencinya! - 13/11/2003, 13:43 WIB - KOMPAS Cyber Media - Kesehatan
		Hava Rexha (kiri) bersama putrinya yang berusia 80 tahun.
		Lahir tanggal 22 Agustus 1880, Hava Rexha menghembuskan napas terakhirnya Sabtu (8/11), di Shushice, Albania.
		Rexha yang menikah tahun 1894, menghabiskan seluruh hidupnya dengan bekerja keras di tanah pertanian, melakukan pekerjaan rumah tangga, menggembala ternak di padang rumput, dan membesarkan anak-anak, tanpa pernah istirahat.
	www.kompas.com /kesehatan/news/0311/13/134505.htm (319 words)

	Khaleej Times - Online
		The wars, cultures and political systems have passed, the deaths, the pain and the moments of happiness: the history of her life is engraved on her face and her gnarled hands.
		Hava also remembers her forced marriage to a 60-year old man who was already twice married.
		Last year, Hava Rexha or 'great mummy' as everyone calls her, was still knitting socks for her 120 descendants.
	www.khaleejtimes.co.ae /ktarchive/091002/theworld.htm (9124 words)

	1894 wedding still rankles with Albanian woman -DAWN - International; July 10, 2002
		SHUSHICE (Albania): The wrinkles in Hava Rexha’s pale skin were carved by a life spanning three centuries, under Ottoman Turkish rule, Albanian monarchy, Italian occupation and Stalinist dictatorship.
		They both survived two World Wars and she was already old when the small Balkan nation became one of the world’s harshest communist dictatorships under Enver Hoxha.
		Hava spent her life in tough farming jobs and house chores, pasturing livestock, raising kids and never taking a break.
	www.dawn.com /2002/07/10/int16.htm (515 words)

	USATODAY.com - World's oldest person, 114, dies in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		According to Guinness, the world's oldest person with an authenticated birth record was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at age 122.
		The family of an Albanian woman, Hava Rexha, said to be 123 years old, also claimed the title of world's oldest person and tried to get Guinness to recognize her as such, but she died earlier this month.
		Rexha was said to have been born Aug. 14, 1880, but did not receive a birth certificate until 1946.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-11-13-oldest-man_x.htm (404 words)

	How Long Can We Live?
		In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
		Hava's one resentment was being forced to wed at 14 to a man who claimed to be 30 but was "about 60 and married twice before as well." That was in 1894, 20 years before the outbreak of the First World War.
		Rexha celebrates her 122nd birthday on 14 August.
	flatrock.org.nz /topics/older_and_under/even_a_tree_is_old_at_that_age.htm (3334 words)

	DWA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Hava Rexha* is een vrouw die leefde van 1880 tot 2003 in Albanië
		DWA, Stichting van de Toekomst, K.S. Hava Rexha vormt met BETTER OFF MUTE van Adva Zakai en Esther Mugambi een double-bill.
		Dit stuk zal verder worden uitgevoerd in een triple-bill met Bronkhorst & Jongewaard en Jean Louis Barning in de Oude Kerk van Amsterdam op 15,16,17 en 18 april en in het Zeeland Nazomer-festival op 6 september 2004.
	www.danswerkplaats.nl /nl/naslag/voorstel87_a.html (94 words)

	Oldest Woman Still Mad over 1894 Wedding
		Hava Rexha, the oldest woman in Albania at 121 years old, hugs Xhersi, one of her great grandchildren at her home in Shushice, on July 8, 2002.
		The wrinkles in Hava Rexha's pale skin were carved by a life spanning three centuries, under Ottoman Turkish rule, Albanian monarchy, Italian occupation.
		Yet they lived together to see Albania proclaim its independence in 1912, and they became subjects of King Zog.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2002-07/15/content_358092.htm (392 words)

	World's oldest person dies - www.smh.com.au
		Kawate's longevity claim paled somewhat following reports from Tirana that Albania's oldest woman had died on November 8 at the age of 123.
		Hava Rexha was reportedly born on August 14, 1880, and spent her life in the mountain village of Shushica, some 60 kilometres south of Tirana.
		Her family had tried in vain to have her recognised by Guinness.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/11/14/1068674372219.html?from=storyrhs (611 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| World's oldest person dies at 114
		The website of the London-based organisation also records the oldest man whose birth can be fully authenticated as Joan Riudavets Moll, a 113-year-old man from Spain.
		It says that the family of Hava Rexha, an Albanian woman believed to be 123 years old, has also claimed the title.
		But after her death earlier this month, the Guinness World Records could not complete the authentication of her birth documents.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/asia-pacific/3268151.stm (386 words)

	jpop.com Forums > Oldest man in the world dies. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It records the oldest man whose birth can be fully authenticated as Joan Riudavets Moll, a 113-year-old man in Menorca, Spain.
		The oldest woman in Albania, Hava Rexha, died this month at the age of 123.
		Although the process of registering her with the Guinness Book of Records had been started, her documents had not been authenticated before she died.
	www.jpop.com /jforum/lofiversion/index.php/t7431.html (1115 words)

	pause for thought
		If we decide instead to wave the flag a bit, we might find the benefits outweigh the cost.
		The death was reported from Albania on Sunday of Hava Rexha who was born in 1880.
		She was buried next to the husband she was forced to marry at the age of 14 and lived with for fifty years.
	www.pause-for-thought.co.uk /www/commitment.html (466 words)

	Life In Legacy - Week of 11/15/2003
		Rev. Jerry Pereira - President of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, who studied the ministry under Billy Graham, and who urged conservatives and moderates to work together to convert more people to Christianity rather than focusing on their differences, died Nov. 7 in Swannanoa, NC of cancer at age 50.
		Hava Rexha - Albanian woman who was perhaps the world's oldest person, who claimed to be born in 1880 and married in 1894, but whose documentation was never authenticated by Guinness Book (she would also have been the oldest person ever documented), died Nov. 8 in Shushice, Albania at age 123.
		Edward L. Schempp - Social activist who won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1963 (School District of Abington Township v.
	www.lifeinlegacy.com /2003/WIR20031115.html (1499 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Albania's oldest woman still mad over 1894 wedding
		SHUSHICE, Albania – The wrinkles in Hava Rexha's pale skin were carved by a life spanning three centuries, under Ottoman Turkish rule, Albanian monarchy, Italian occupation and Stalinist dictatorship.
		And there is her shroud, the Muslim winding sheet Hava has embroidered for herself many, many years ago, many years too soon.
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	signonsandiego.com /news/features/20020708-0509-life-albania-woman.html (526 words)

	14 Aug History: This Date
		The rest of Massachusetts soon followed the trend and began issuing registration plates made of iron and covered with a porcelain enamel.
		1880 Hava Rexha, in Shushice, Albania, where she would live all her life (at least until 08 Jul 2002 when she has 120 living descendants and Reuters has a story on her).
		Ever since being forced to marry at age 14 a previously twice married man which she says was about 60 years old (he died in 1950, at age about 116, if she is correct, which seems doubtful), she has resented it and him.
	www.geocities.com /jcanu/history/h4aug/h4aug14.html (10332 words)

	Deaths in 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer, triple Olympic champion (84 years)
		Hava Rexha, oldest woman in Albania, maybe in the world (123 years?)
		Haydar Richard Nancy (pregnant) and Jad, Lebanese nationals form Lebanon, killed in terrorist bombing attack on residential compound Al-Muhaya in Saudi Arabia (31, 29 and 1 years)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deaths_in_2003 (3034 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Unlocking the secrets to a long life
		Jeanne Calment, a French woman who died at age 122 and five months in 1997, is the current record holder.
		The family of an Albanian woman, Hava Rexha, says she was 123 when she died earlier this month, but her age has not been verified.
		The really old: What do they do that the rest of us don't?
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2001790118_agelong13m0.html (2835 words)

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