World News 21-01-2005 who: World`s oldest mum Adriana Iliescu what: Gives birth to baby girl at age 66 where: Bucharest when: Sunday snippet: The retired university professor was criticised around the world for her decision to get pregnant through IVF, using donated sperm and eggs. But on Tuesday she spoke out, saying she was on a "mission to show that women can and must have children". The Guardian reports that Ms Iliescu is a year older than the previous oldest woman to give birth, a 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India in 2003. In other unusual birth news, Friday`s Scotsman reported that a baby boy weighing 16.7lb has been born this week in Brazil. [... more]

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