LIBrides.com Web News Archive

Gay brides (Belfast Telegraph) - On December 19, 2005, the world's media gathered at Belfast City Hall as Grainne Close from Ahoghill and Shannon Sickels from New York City became the first same sex couple in the UK to have a civil partnership ceremony.

Flying high into matrimonial bliss (IBN via Yahoo! India News) - NRI grooms have found a novel way to sweep their brides off their feet. They are flying high in post-nuptial bliss!

Saturday wedding show at Otsego Club (Gaylord Herald Times) - GAYLORD - Brides-to-be, their fiances, mothers and other interested parties are invited to the 2006 Wedding Show Saturday at the Special Events Center of the Otsego Club in Gaylord. The free event is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

High def: Rose outlasts thorny times on Bachelor (Houston Chronicle) - Those hoping to see Erica Rose sweat on tonight's "Women Tell All" edition of The Bachelor may be sorely disappointed. Though, yes, the would-be brides sling insults her way, she slings the mud right back.

Brides.com Finds That 43% Believe TomKat Wedding Is 'Just Another Publicity Stunt' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Brides.com, the destination site from Conde Nast Publications, has found that 43% of its users think that this weekend's TomKat wedding is just another publicity stunt. While it goes without saying that brides-to-be love getting new information on wedding tips and trends, more than half of respondents said they're ready for the "wedding of the year" to be over.

Local mission helps child brides (The Plain Dealer) - Imagine a 9-year-old girl facing a forced marriage to a man old enough to be her father, or grandfather. Such Maasai girls, their futures often traded for cattle, can find refuge at the Bride Rescue Project in Kenya.

Wedding trade is married to money (IBN live) - There is no business like wedding business: it's recession proof, there is crores to be made, the season never fails.

New Media: Publishers Test Out Text-to-Buy Feature (BrandWeek) - Magazines, marketers experiment with new technology. November 20, 2006 By Todd Wasserman

Publishers Test Out Text-to-Buy Feature (BrandWeek) - NEW YORK -- Magazine publishers, tired of being lumped in with "old media," are embracing one of the newest media, mobile text messaging.

Europe and Veil: Ugly Face of Bigotry Visible (Arab News) - It began in France where Muslim schoolgirls were banned from wearing the hijab. In Britain, politicians are mulling over whether to ban the niqab, which covers the face.