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Giant Baby Born in Indonesia

(ANDI ANSHARI, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Akbar Risuddin, center, a four-day-old baby boy, weighing 19.2-pounds, lays in the middle of two standard size newborn babies at a hospital in Kisaran, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Indonesia's heaviest-ever newborn drew curious crowds Friday to the Indonesian hospital where the boy named Akbar _ or the Great in Arabic _ came into the world at a record 19.2 pounds. Akbar Risuddin was born to a diabetic mother in a 40-minute cesarean delivery that was complicated because of his unusual weight and size, Dr. Binsar Sitanggang said.

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