BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI: Bruneian Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (L) greets while Queen Saleha looks on during a ceremony in birthday celebration at his palace in Bandar Seri Begawan, 15 July 2005. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the ruler of oil-rich Brunei and one of the world's last absolute monarchs, celeberates his 59th birthday. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)