Putin hails Russian boy as world's "7 billionth"

KALININGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hailed a two-day old Russian boy as the world's seven billionth person on Wednesday, weighing into a bizarre scramble to claim a title that is almost impossible to verify.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19c4ff06/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Putin+hails+Russian+boy+as+world%27s+%227+billionth%22&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2Fuk-population-putin-idUKTRE7A15Z220111102%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Putin+hails+Russian+boy+as+world%27s+%227+billionth%22&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2Fuk-population-putin-idUKTRE7A15Z220111102%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117795287179/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19c4ff06/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/117795287179/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19c4ff06/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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