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Story Edition - Fame beckons for new ‘world’s shortest man’
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MANILA: Filipino about to lose world’s shortest man title to Nepali
asianewsnet Friday, February 10, 2012 3:48:00 AM CET | info 
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Entities: Junrey Balawing[1]; Sultan Kosen[1]; Khagendra Thapa Magar[1]; Gul Mohammed[1];
Other categories: EU-USA; Turkey-EU;
Filipino about to lose world’s shortest man title to Nepali Filipino Junrey Balawing, standing at 59.93 centimetres (23.59 inches or almost 2 feet), is about to lose the distinction of being the world’s shortest man, but he is fading away with flourish....
Fame beckons for new ‘world’s shortest man’
gorkhapatra Friday, February 10, 2012 2:58:00 AM CET | info [other]
Entities: Junrey Balawing[1]; Khagendra Thapa Magar[1]; Gul Mohammed[1];
Other categories: EU-USA;
Pilloried by neighbours, laughed at in freakshows and spurned by the women he admired from afar, Chandra Bahadur Dangi has always seen his tiny stature as a curse. But the 72-year-old Nepali, who claims to stand at just 56 centimetres (22 inches), is on the brink of life change as significant as a.......
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