Israeli Arab Mariam Amash stands in front of her home in the northern Israeli village of Jisr a-Zarka, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Amash, who recently applied for a new Israeli identity card, claims she was born 120 years ago _ a claim, if confirmed, would make her the oldest person in the world. The Guinness Book of Records currently lists 114-year-old Edna Parker of Shelbyville, Ind., as holding that title. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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