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Pak brides await citizenship (NDTV) - There are more than a dozen Pakistani brides living in Qadian near Amritsar. Most of them have been staying in India for more than a decade but are not allowed to go out of the village even in times of medical emergency.

Brides-to-Be, Get Ready to Run (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - It's shopping as a full- contact sport. And the women who take part in the "Running of the Brides" at Filene's Basement wouldn't have it any other way.

Afghans arrange marriages for toddler brides (MSNBC) - Despite the efforts of the government and rights groups, the engagement and marriage of children still persists in Afghanistan, especially among poor, uneducated families or in the countryside.

Parking tickets for brides-to-be (BBC News) - A parking chief defends issuing tickets to buses parked in bus stops and to two brides-to-be.

Wedding gowns on sale at the Christiansburg Goodwill Store (WDBJ 7 Roanoke) - Many brides-to-be are making special trips to the Goodwill Store in Christiansburg to purchase their wedding gowns. The store has more than 200 wedding dresses and about 300 formal gowns to choose from. The dresses are all brand new and were donated by the owners of the Memory Lane store.

NDTV.com (NDTV) - There are more than a dozen Pakistani brides living in Qadian near Amritsar.

Burst of fall foliage to color our world over the weekend (Press & Sun-Bulletin) - This weekend, Broome County's fall foliage is supposed to be at its peak, and that's good news for brides such as Jacqueline Jones of Endicott.

Thousands march in Taipei for gay rights (Chinapost.com.tw) - TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Thousands of homosexuals staged a Gay Pride march in Taipei yesterday to demand equal rights and the legalization of gay marriage. The parade took a carnival-like mood with marchers waving rainbow flags, colorful balloons and signs.

Gay couples bond in New England (The Record) - The two brides from Massachusetts, dressed in white, made their way down the staircase at the Highlands Inn, a guesthouse for women tucked away in the New Hampshire woods. Then, before a small gathering, they exchanged vows.

Seduced, imported, sold... (Hindustan Times) - It’s a two-way street: of greed and need. When traffic flows, at the dead end are unsuspecting people, bartered every day in a consumerist society.