World Scene: Saudi Arabia

Conjoined twins separated

A team of 70 medical personnel led by Saudi Arabia's minister of health Abdullah al-Rabia successfully separated conjoined Egyptian twins on Saturday at a Riyadh hospital, doctors said.

Nine-month-old twins Hassan and Mahmoud, who were born joined at the abdomen, were separated after nine hours of surgery, Saud al-Jadaan, one of the team's doctors at King Abdulaziz Medical City, said. " The babies' condition is stable," he said.