Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning
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Post by Dèsîŗĕ Yèarning on Nov 10, 2007 19:16:12 GMT -5
Baby swap mistake discovered four years late Thursday, November 8, 2007 Newborn baby child 'Ah, who did that one come out of? Oh, I get so confused. Stick it over there, we'll sort it out later.'
Two boys, one Saudi and one Turkish, will swap homes four years after a hospital gave them to the wrong parents, a Saudi newspaper said Wednesday.
'Mistakes are always possible, but we will try to find who was responsible and hold them to account so it doesn't happen again,' Prince Mishaal bin Saud, governor of Najran in the far south of the kingdom, said in comments in al-Watan newspaper.
Saudi health authorities had been reluctant to accept the Turkish father's claim that his son Yacoub was not his, but DNA tests carried out this week proved him right.
Published pictures show a distinctly Saudi-looking Yacoub.
The father of the other child, Saudi national Mohammed al-Monjem, had no inkling that pale-skinned Ali was not his. He will press a 50 million riyal (£6,370,000) compensation claim against the health ministry, al-Watan said.
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Post by suart on Nov 11, 2007 7:14:56 GMT -5
Lucky Parents.....millions dollar babies
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Post by Novi Pazar on Nov 12, 2007 21:08:38 GMT -5
How could this happen?...they weren't in the country together
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Post by depletedreasons on Nov 13, 2007 7:05:29 GMT -5
Perhaps it was not the first time.
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Post by benettonsenetme on Nov 13, 2007 7:33:44 GMT -5
^^I can hardly wait for the day Saudi oil runs out. I would love to see what the Wahabis will be up to when that happens! ;D
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Post by suart on Nov 13, 2007 11:21:22 GMT -5
Benne, I'd say they''ll use those fighter Jets (that always buy) they never use and go in exile.
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Post by benettonsenetme on Nov 13, 2007 12:11:09 GMT -5
Suart, Saudi Arabia earns +200 billion dollars alone from the export of oil each year. What good is all that income if it does not bring one single societal improvement, but is used to enrich a miniscule minority and finance their conspicuous expenditures? This is what awaits the Saudis when their oil runs out: www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ym.html#PeopleSad for the Saudi masses, especially the woman; good riddance for the ruling elite!
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Post by meltdown711 on Nov 14, 2007 20:14:21 GMT -5
Well, Dubai has done some good transitioning. It has succeeded in becoming a luxury capital where the new revenue is attained from the billionaires who visit it simply for the image, and the business built to suit them. I dont know about SA, but if they follow the model of the UAE then they can be quite stable and successful even after.
You would think that considering the fact that they hold the capitol city of Islamic spirituality, they would have some mass revenue, but the wealth from the Hajj seems to disappear and doesnt even compare to the vast spent on restoration. Just recently they destroyed an old Ottoman fortress in the area to make room for more hotels.... but the revenue still wont come near the level of what they spend on it. If half the wealth spent on the Mecca was spent on the country, then they would definitely have something.
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Post by suart on Nov 15, 2007 4:51:21 GMT -5
If half the wealth spent on the Mecca was spent on the country, then they would definitely have somethingWhat are you talking about? ?? The poverty is very rare in Saud Arabia, almost non excistent! The only problem with them is that the corruption is high and the royal family can do more about the other moslem countries, instead of investing their monopoly to the USA. Saudis are richer than the UA.
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Post by radovic on Nov 15, 2007 14:58:43 GMT -5
If half the wealth spent on the Mecca was spent on the country, then they would definitely have somethingWhat are you talking about? ?? The poverty is very rare in Saud Arabia, almost non excistent! The only problem with them is that the corruption is high and the royal family can do more about the other moslem countries, instead of investing their monopoly to the USA. Saudis are richer than the UA. I think he's talking about post-oil. Their prospects don't look good post-oil.
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Post by radovic on Nov 15, 2007 14:59:32 GMT -5
A turk and a foreigner and a baby switch. This reminds me of the Austrian movie Geboren in Absurdistan.
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