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Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a 72-year-old Nepali who claims to be the world's shortest man at 56 centimetres (22 inches) in height, is carried by his nephew Doalk Dangi as they prepare to board an aircraft heading to Kathmandu from Nepalgunj on February 22, 2012. Dangi embarked to the capital city as Guinness World Records experts are due to arrive in Nepal to measure a 72-year-old claiming to be the world's shortest man.

Good things in small packages

Nepalese man may be smallest in the world

An artist’s impression of the five-tonne prehistoric elephants

Tall tales of old

When mammoths walked freely in Abu Dhabi


Top Stories today

 Aqil Al Najjar, Department of Forensic Science and
Criminology, Dubai Police says the Indian rupee has
emerged as the currency of choice for forgers

‘Class A' fake notes stump officials

The Indian rupee has emerged as the top counterfeited currency in the country

Sudha helped with Dh9 million to settle her son Ashok’s debt in Dubai by selling off ancestral land in India

Mum, 81, sells home to save son's Dubai property

When Galgotia ran up millions in bills, he had no one to turn to except his mother in India

Zaki Mohammad
Ferdous remembers only his name and the fact
that he is from Dhaka

Lonely plea in UAE: I don't know who I am

Bangladeshi man, 60, is desperate to find his bearings and his family after losing his memory

Saif Ali Khan

Bollywood actor Khan gets bail in assault case

Brawl reportedly occurred when Saif Ali Khan, his girlfriend and friends were dining

Imran Khan during the fund-raising event for the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust at the Atlantis

Pakistan's Imran Khan vows to talk to Taliban

Cricketer-turned-politician says he can negotiate with Taliban to end the 'so-called war on terrorism'


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