91.   They hit just hours before the last total solar eclipse of the millennium.

92.   In the central and eastern United States, the solar eclipse -- which happens when the moon passes between the sun and earth -- coincided with the sunset.

93.   A hen has laid three eggs covered in markings resembling a solar eclipse which occurred in China last month, it was reported on Wednesday.

94.   A solar eclipse will occur and a comet appear simultaneously over northern China in early March in an exceptionally rare event, astronomers in Beijing say.

95.   Buddhists traditionally describe a solar eclipse as the destructive Rah diety consuming the sun.

96.   But views of the moon will be significantly closer in October and viewers in southern Asia will witness a total solar eclipse.

97.   The Shiite Moslem clergy had called on the nation to pray during the solar eclipse, which was also seen in the holy town of Qom.

98.   Thousands of solar eclipse watchers gathered in a remote southern Philippine town under heavy military security Monday may be in for a disappointment, a weather official said.

99.   Thousands of astronomy enthusiasts are heading for the far north of China to witness the rare coincidence of a solar eclipse and a passing comet, Xinhua reported Tuesday.

100.   Last year he enjoyed a spike in sales because of an influx of tourists in Zimbabwe to view a total solar eclipse in June.