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Brits with Bangkok brides brace for rough ride (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Middle-aged British men with Internet-order Thai brides have long struggled for social acceptance and are now bracing for a BBC comedy sketch set to deal them a further blow.

Men with Bangkok brides brace for a rough ride (Gulf Times) - LONDON: Middle-aged British men with Internet-order Thai brides have long struggled for social acceptance and are now bracing for a BBC comedy sketch set to deal them a further blow, The Times said yesterday.

Child brides reject their marriage (NDTV) - Girls forced to become child brides in Andhra Pradesh are staging a silent revolution as the nation marks Children's Day on Monday. Fourteen-year old Jaggamma sought a public divorce to rejoin school inspiring many children to walk out of their marriages.

AWARE believes foreign brides mum on spousal abuse (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News) - Indonesian Riana Agustina had stayed at a shelter for abused wives before she was found murdered in her Bukit Merah flat.

When miidle-aged Brits meet Thai brides (Hindustan Times) - Middle-aged British men with Internet-order Thai brides have long struggled for social acceptance and are now bracing for a BBC comedy sketch set to deal them a further blow, The Times said Saturday.

Clients happy with Vietnamese brides: Matchmaking agency (The Sun Daily) - KUALA LUMPUR: More than 30 men in Triang, Pahang, are reportedly "happily married" to Vietnamese wives, acquired through the services of a matchmaking agency.

Love and war: war brides remember (CBC Manitoba) - As the years go by, the number of people who remember the Second World War grows smaller and smaller. And today, as Canada remembers it's veterans, there is one group with a special connection to the war – the war brides.

Garden Club Presentation Features Inaugural Florist (Tampa Bay Online News) - TAMPA - Ian Prosser knew that working for the president would be good for business. Still, the Tampa resident was surprised to return from the 2005 Inauguration Day to find brides-to-be had booked Botanica International Florist for their weddings, sight unseen.

AWARE believes foreign brides mum on spousal abuse (Channel NewsAsia) - Indonesian Riana Agustina had stayed at a shelter for abused wives before she was found murdered in her Bukit Merah flat. Her husband has been charged with her murder.

Arranging instant marriages has become a lucrative business, with Chinese and Vietnamese women topping the "request" (Malay Mail) - This new trend has gained popularity in the past five years, so much so that there have been cases of rubber tappers using the services of agents to get brides.