BBC News - Somali man, '112', weds girl, 17

Page last updated at 16:45 GMT, Thursday, 29 October 2009 Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife. Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who already has 13 children by five wives - said he would like to have more with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh, who is 17 years old. "Today God helped me realise my dream," Mr Dore said, after t

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"I didn't force her, but used my experience to convince her of my love; and then we agreed to marry," the groom said. 　爺さん元気だな。