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  • May 2006: This file photo shows Khagendra Thapamagar, who was 14 at the time, listening to the radio in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 2-foot Nepalese teenager will soon be named the world's smallest man.
  • May 2006: Khagendra has to wait four months until his 18th birthday in October to be officially ratified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's smallest man.
  • May 2006: When Khagendra is officially recognized as the world's smallest man, he will take the title from the current holder, China's 2-foot-5-inch He Ping Ping.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: With Khagendra being crowned the world's smallest man in October, who will claim the title of the world's smallest boy? Some say it could be 11-year-old Hazem Hawamdeh of Jerash, Jordan. He weighs 12 pounds and stands just 2-feet-4-inches tall. His family and doctors are still struggling to solve the mystery of his small size.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem Hawamdeh is held by his father.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem Hawamdeh stands on the scale to show his weight and is surrounded by family members at his home in Jerash, Jordan.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem talks with his brothers at their home in Jerash, Jordan.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem stands with family members.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem Hawamdeh walks with his parents near their home in Jerash, Jordan.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem Hawamdeh smiles as his mother hugs him.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem Hawamdeh has his height measured by his father.
  • Dec. 3, 2008: Hazem Hawamdeh stands at home with his mother.

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