Still smiling at 117, Albanian may be world’s oldest woman

KUCOVA, Albania: At 117, Qamile Marra is not particularly concerned with proving she may be the world’s oldest woman — or even persuading Albanian pension officials that she is not dead. For a woman born under Ottoman rule, who turned 36 a fortnight before the end of World War II and outlived Albania’s communist dictatorship, her focus remains firmly on enjoying life. “Life is beautiful, like Moun