Shimon Peres's Birthday

TAX2003092201 - TEL AVIV, SEPT. 22, 2003 (UPI) -- Shimon Peres, leader of Israeli opposition, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, during a convention in Tel Aviv University, Israel, on Sept. 22, 2003, marking Peres' 80th birthday. A parade of global figures, from Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev to U.S. actress Kathleen Turner, came to Israel to help mark the 80th birthday of Shimon Peres, a Nobel laureate. RLW/ZIV KOREN/POOL UPI