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Future Brides Prepare For Their Special Day At Local Wedding Show (News 25 Evansville) - EVANSVILLE, IN - Brides-to-be got the royal treatment Sunday at the "Ultimate Wedding Show" at the downtown Executive Inn. Tri-State vendors showed-off their products as visitors watched fashion shows and received special gifts. One lucky bride won the grand prize, a $1 thousand travel voucher.

Bridegrooms looking for brides (Kathimerini) - Kimon Tsakiris (above) and a scene from ‘Sugartown.’ On August 16, 2005, farmer Costas, electrician Efthymis, Khadafy the coffee guy, the mayor and another seven men from the village of Zacharo traveled to Russia in search of brides.

Bootcamp for brides helps them get buff for big day (Rapid City Journal) - RAPID CITY — For brides, looking their best on their wedding day is a top priority. That is where the Booty Bustin’ Bridal Bootcamp comes in.

Brides-to-be, and a few grooms, find ideas for pending nuptials (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch) - Hundreds of prospective brides and grooms, bridesmaids and mothers of the brides filled the Big Sandy Superstore Arena Sunday for the 14th annual WKEE Bridal Expo.

China's men lack millions of brides (News Interactive) - CHINA will be short of 30 million brides within 15 years, according to an official report into the country's burgeoning population.

China's men lack millions of brides (Northern Territory News) - CHINA will be short of 30 million brides within 15 years, according to an official report into the country's burgeoning population. About one in every 10 men aged between 20 and 45 - equivalent to almost the entire population of Canada - will be unable to find a wife.

Rural Ethiopia Ignores Law Against Child Brides (NPR) - Ethiopia's government is backing a series of new family-planning policies, including a ban on marrying girls before they're 18. In the northern highland village of Yinsa, some women are indifferent to the change. But a younger generation finds the country's increasing educational opportunities more appealing than early marriage.

Rural Ethiopia Ignores Law Against Child Brides (NPR) - All Things Considered , January 15, 2007 · In the northern highlands of Ethiopia, there's a saying: The world is producing more children, but the land is not expanding.

Nikah (The Times of India) - The nikah was performed over phone. The brides met their husbands only to find them epileptic.

More Headlines (CBS 46 News Atlanta) - The toasts. The bouquet toss. The dreaded Chicken Dance. These are rituals that, for better or worse, brides in the U.S. can expect on their wedding day. But have you ever wondered what weddings are like around the world?