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Formerly conjoined twins Ballenie and Bellanie Camacho, from the Dominican Republic, celebrated their first birthday just two weeks after the risky 22-hour surgery that separated them. The girls were born joined at the hip (pictured inset) - an extremely rare form of attachment. They were successfully separated after months of preparation at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital in New York.