Women pose with their newly born babies in the central hospital of the city Ulyanovsk

 
Women pose with their newly born babies in the central hospital of the city Ulyanovsk
Women pose with their newly born babies in the central hospital of the city Ulyanovsk, 893 km (555 miles) east of Moscow, September 12, 2007. The governor of the central Russian province urged couples to skip work on Wednesday and make love instead to help boost Russia's low birth-rate. And if a woman gives birth in exactly nine months time -- on Russia's national day on June 12 -- she will qualify for a prize, perhaps even winning a new home. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA)