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"Mission Impossible" superstar Tom Cruise and his fiancee Katie Holmes have welcomed their first child into the world, a girl called Suri, Cruise's spokesman told AFP.2 i3 W* W6 u0 v. ]! S. R
# `! ], x7 g8 SIn a bizarre coincidence, actress Brooke Shields, with whom Cruise fought an acrimonious public battle over the use of anti-depressants for post-partum depression, also gave birth to a daughter in Los Angeles on the same day.
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Cruise, 43, and Holmes, 27, "joyously welcomed the arrival of a baby girl, Suri, today," publicist Paul Bloch said in a statement announcing Hollywood's most hotly-anticipated news." ~( G0 z& }0 ?0 X% J0 @' C
( h$ L, w3 @4 V( P. m k9 cThe baby weighed 3.4 kilograms (seven pounds, seven ounces) and was 50.8 centimeters (20 inches) in length, Bloch revealed. "Both mother and daughter are doing well," he added.
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+ W# E0 w: x2 B4 b. }3 e! bThe name Suri has its origins in Hebrew meaning "princess," or in Persian meaning "red rose," according to Cruise's spokesman. |
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