Old Man to Take 54th Wife

JEDDAH, 7 June 2006 — An 80-year-od man surprised guests at his granddaughter’s wedding reception by announcing that he was about to marry a 15-year-old domestic servant, Al-Watan daily reported yesterday. The man’s eldest son told the newspaper that this girl would be the man’s 54th wife in 80 years, proudly declaring that his old man has married women from Europe, Asia and Africa and has sired 58 children, many of whom are engineers, teachers and doctors.