World Vignettes

Prince William and Prince Harry performed alongside screen stars Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry in an hour-long comedy sketch especially written for the festivities at Charles8217; Highgrove residence in western England, The Mirror newspaper said.

The young Princes8217; act had been planned as a surprise but was leaked to a Sunday newspaper a few weeks ago. The Sun newspaper said Queen Elizabeth did not attend the party but The Mirror said Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were there.

The Mirror said the Queen is planning a 327,000 birthday party for Prince Charles, inviting 1,000 guests to Buckingham Palace.

Oldest Japanese

TOKYO: Japan8217;s oldest person, Asa Takii, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, died at the age of 114, hospital officials said onSaturday.Takil died of heart failure on Friday. She was born in April 1994 in Hiroshima.

Takii was 61 when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The blast killed her husband and all of her relatives, but Takii hardly ever mentioned the event. 8220;I was washing clothes when I saw this incredible flash8221; Takii was quoted as saying about the bombing by the nationwide daily Asahi Shimbun.

Takil became the nation8217;s oldest person in June of this year when the previous longevity title holder, Suekiku Miyanaga, died at the age of 114.

Kennedy autopsy

WASHINGTON: New testimony about the autopsy on John F Kennedy says a second set of pictures was taken of Kennedy8217;s wounds but was never made public.The existence of additional photographs, believed to be taken by White House photographer Robert L Knudsen during or after the autopsy at the National Naval Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, raised new questions about how the autopsy was conducted, a subject of intense debate for 35years. But the new evidence sheds no light on the whereabouts of the second set of pictures.

Kennedy was killed on November 22, 1963.

The following year, a commission chaired by then-Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded the killer was Lee Harvey Oswald and that he acted alone and was not part of a conspiracy. That conclusion has been challenged ever since.