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  • Watch: Syrian boy who survived earthquake fulfils dream of meeting Ronaldo

    Watch: Syrian boy who survived earthquake fulfils dream of meeting Ronaldo

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    Riyadh: Syrian boy Nabil Saeed finally fulfilled his dream of meeting the star of the Saudi Al-Nassr football club Cristiano Ronaldo at the Al-Nassr club training headquarters in Riyadh.

    Nabil travelled from Syria to Saudi Arabia, waited for several days, and finally met Ronaldo on March 3. The little boy expressed his admiration for the football legend. He also took several pictures with Ronaldo.

    The head of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia, Turki Al-Sheikh, published a video clip of the meeting on his Twitter account

    “Your joy is my joy… May God protect my King, His Highness, the inspiring leader, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister, the honorable Saudi people, and thanks to the great global star,” Al-Sheikh tweeted.

    Watch the video below

    The video has been viewed more than 6.3 million times. The overjoyed 10-year-old can be seen quickly walking towards Ronaldo, shaking his hand and instantly hugging him while saying “I love you”. The Portuguese smiles and replies: “You’re fine.”

    Nabil said in the video, “My dream was to see Ronaldo, and today it came true. I love Cristiano because he knows how to play football, and I wish to play like him and train in the Saudi victory.”

    Nabil later watched and cheered as Ronaldo helped Al-Nassr beat Al-Batin 3-1, a win that came with three goals in stoppage time.

    In another video clip tweeted by Al-Sheikh, the Syrian boy was seen smiling while wearing the club’s blue and yellow scarf and holding their flag.

    Nabil Saeed who lost his father in the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria expressed his desire to meet Ronaldo in a video clip that gained widespread sympathy on social media.

    Turki Al Sheikh shared the video on Twitter on February 16 inquiring about Saeed. “My son, you and your mother are welcome. Who can help me reach him?” he tweeted.

    On February 6, a double earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, with a magnitude of 7.7; This caused human losses, during which tens of thousands of people were killed and wounded, in addition to huge material losses.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Sailor rescued by Colombian navy after 24 days adrift survived eating stock cubes

    Sailor rescued by Colombian navy after 24 days adrift survived eating stock cubes

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    The Colombian navy has rescued a man from Dominica who says he survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean on a sailboat by eating ketchup, garlic powder and seasoning cubes.

    Elvis François, 47, had scrawled the word “help” in English on the boat’s hull, which officials said was key to his rescue.

    The sailboat was spotted from the air 120 nautical miles north-west of the Guajira peninsula and François was taken to the port city of Cartagena by a passing container ship, the Colombian navy said in a statement on Wednesday.

    François told Colombian authorities that his ordeal began in December when currents swept the sailboat out to sea while he was making repairs off the island of St Martin in the Netherlands Antilles, where he lives.

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    “I called my friends, they tried to contact me, but I lost the signal. There was nothing else to do but sit and wait,” François recalled in a video released by the navy.

    He said subsisted on a bottle of ketchup, garlic powder and Maggi cubes.

    Carlos Urbano Montes said that François said he collected rainwater with a cloth. He said François was found in good health, but told official he had lost weight.

    François said on the videotape that he had to constantly remove water from the boat to prevent it from sinking. He also tried to light a fire to send a distress signal without success.

    Finally, a plane passed by and he signaled with a mirror. He said the navy told him that he was spotted when the plane passed again.

    “At some point I lost hope and thought about my family, but I thank the coast guard. If it weren’t for them I wouldn’t be telling the story,” François said.

    Urbano Montes said the sailboat was abandoned at sea when François was picked up by the merchant ship.

    The navy said François received a medical check on shore and then was handed over to immigration authorities for his return home to Dominica.

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    ( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )