Two-year-old Egyptian twins joined at the head are due to undergo risky separation surgery in the United States. Mohammed and Ahmed Ibrahim have separate brains but share an important vein, and doctors at the clinic in Texas acknowledge the lengthy operation could result in death. However, the boys have trouble closing their eyes, moving their necks and swallowing - and face a lifetime of medical problems if they remain connected. It is the first time this kind of operation has been attempted anywhere in the world since surgery in July on adult Iranian twins in Singapore ended in their deaths. But the Egyptian twins' father has told doctors to go ahead with the operation, saying he wanted to give them a chance at a normal life.

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