Man, 110, Marries 30-Year-Old: Report

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Arab News
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Fri, 2007-03-30 03:00

JEDDAH, 30 March 2007 — A 110-year-old Saudi man in the southern city of Al-Baha is reportedly married a 30-year-old woman this past week, according to a report in a local newspaper recently. One of his sons, who is 70, said his father is in good health and that the family was thrilled that the old man announced that because his 85-year-old wife isn’t fulfilling his needs he wanted to take on a second, younger wife.

Student Registers Online, Gets Test

JEDDAH, 30 March 2007 — A high school sophomore was so curious what to expect from his senior-year aptitude test that he figured out how to obtain a copy to review, a newspaper reported recently. Abdulaziz Al-Qurashi said he simply registered his name on a website, paid SR100, and got a copy of the exam. “What I did wasn’t illegal. The test is available online and after registering the system accepted me to undergo the exam,” he said. Wait a minute: Regardless of whether he was planning on taking the test or not, what’s the deal with any student being able to get a copy of the test beforehand?

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