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Monday 06 January 2014 12:05 am

Amazon boss airlifted after kidney stone

By: Express KCS

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AMAZON founder Jeff Bezos was airlifted from a cruise ship by the Ecuadorian Navy after suffering a kidney stone attack in the Galapagos Islands on New Year’s Day. Bezos – the mastermind behind the world’s largest online retailer – said in an email to Reuters responding to the incident, “Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars.”

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