He is old enough to be her great-great-grandfather, but Ahmad Mohammad Dhore, who claims he is 112 years old, said he had realised a "dream" by marrying a 17-year old bride. Dhore, who says he was born in 1897, already has 13 children by five wives, but said he would like more with his newest, Safiya Abdullah. He and his new wife are from the same village in Somalia, he said, adding that he had waited for her to grow up to propose. Dhore says his children and two other wives agreed to the marriage, as did Safiya's parents. The bride's family said she was "happy with her new husband". His oldest son is 80.
On September 21, a heaviest baby boy, Akbar Risuddin was delivered at Abdul Manan hospital in the town of Kisaran, North Sumatra province, Indonesia weighing 19.2 pound (8.7 kg.).
Akbar was born to a diabetic mother in a 40-minute caesarean delivery that was complicated because of his unusual weight and size.The baby's extreme weight was the result of excessive glucose from his mother during pregnancy.
On 09.09.09 at exactly 9 minutes and 9 seconds past 9 pm history was made as the landmark Metro Service was officially launched by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, marking the dawn of a new era for Dubai.
Fast food giant McDonald's on September 8 lost an eight-year trademark battle against a Malaysian curry restaurant after the country's highest court allowed the latter to use the prefix 'Mc'. Malaysia's Federal Court dismissed an application by McDonald's Corporation to appeal against an earlier Appeal Court's judgement which allowed McCurry to use the prefix. McCurry, which is short for ' Malaysian Chicken Curry ' serves Malaysian staples food.
Tuti Yusupova of Uzbektstan may be declared the world's oldest person. Born on July 1, 1880, in Karakalpakia, which at that time was a part of the Khiva Khanate vassal state of the Russian empire.
God willing, August 22, starts Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, may be 29 or 30 days long. An Islamic month begins with the sighting of the new crescent in the western horizon immediately after sunset. If the new moon is not sighted on the 29th day, Muslims complete 30 days of Sha'ban, the month before Ramadan and begins fasting the following day.
Fasting begins with dawn and ends with sunset. Muslims rise before dawn, eat Sahur (pre-dawn meal) and drink liquids for the preparation of fasting. The fast is broken immediately after sunset, usually by eating dates and drinking water or juice. During the day, no eating, drinking or sexual activity is allowed. In addition, a Muslim must adhere to the moral code of Islam strictly, as failure to do so violates the requirements of fasting.
An unprecedented fall in the water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers has exposed the rural population to dangers of heat, drought and displaced wildlife. Swarms of snakes are attacking people and cattle in Southern Iraq as the two rivers dry up and the reptiles lose their natural habitat among the reed beds.
Actress Farrah Fawcett who starred in Charlie's Angels during the 70's died Thursday, June 25 after battling with cancer. Farrah Fawcett the Charlie's Angels star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest sex symbols of the 70's. She was 62. Mary Farrah Leni Fawcett was born on February 2, 1947, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Singer Michael Jackson was rushed from his home to UCLA Medical Center around midday US time on Thursday after he stopped breathing and suffered a cardiac arrest, but his death was announced shortly afterwards. Tributes have poured in for the 50-year-old, who will go down in history as the king of the pop. Michael Joseph Jackson was born August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana.
Chinese high school students study while inhaling pressurised oxygen in the hope of improving their mental ability ahead of the national college entrance exam in Sichuan province, China.
In Dubai two inventors from Italy invented a unique vertical seawater farm design to grow crops on pods suspended high above the ground. The project is based on the principles of the ancient Arabian wind towers to capture humidity and irrigate crops grown high above the ground.
An Egyptian construction magnate was sentenced to death for Suzzanne Tamin's murder.The beautiful Lebanese pop singer was brutally murdered in her Dubai apartment in July, 2008. She was 30. The security man who was paid $2 millions by the magnate to stab Tamin to death was also sentenced to death.
Shauq Alush before and after the acid attack
In the High Court in Riyadh a 34-year-old Saudi woman who is accused of disfiguring and burning a Syrian woman by showering her with acid. The victim wants retribution instead.
