RIYADH Saudi doctors have given a 110-year-old farmer the go-ahead to marry for a third time to a bride half his age. Abdullah al-Maeedh al-Qahtani attributed his longevity and "phenomenal good health" to his daily diet of home-made brown wheat bread, honey, milk and dates, the Saudi **** Gazette **** daily reported on Wednesday. It quoted Dr. Yahya Ibrahim of Suleiman Faqeeh Hospital in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah as saying that medical tests on Qahtani showed he was in excellent health. "His heart is fluttering for a Syrian woman who will revive memories of his younger age," the daily said. His family has 70 children and grandchildren from his two previous marriages.

(Reuter)