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Brides in row over wedding dresses (Evening Star) - ANGRY brides today claimed a dry cleaner had kept their gowns for months and then returned them dirty. Prim Dry Cleaners, in Ropes Drive, Kesgrave, had Lisa Dakin's dress for four months and admitted it was never cleaned because they believed she would cause them trouble.

Inside the List (New York Times) - A classic Italian cookbook is translated into English; P. D. James's detective considers retirement.

Interview: Leilani Munter (AskMen) - This biology graduate gave into her No. 1 passion -- racing -- and became a stock car driver and correspondent for NASCAR.com. While living life in the fast lane is her dream, Münter also did some stand-in work for Catherine Zeta-Jones in America's Sweethearts and ironically enough, Traffic .

Dutch Apple cuts slice of Big Apple (Lancaster Online) - In its 2006 season, Dutch Apple Dinner will offer the regional premiere of yet another Broadway blockbuster, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida.

Bliss! Weddings Market Chosen by Forbes Magazine as a Prestigious “Best of the Web” for 2005 (PR Web via Yahoo! News) - Woodbury, N.Y. (PRWEB) December 9, 2005 -- Bliss! Weddings Market, the premiere online wedding resource for brides who want to emphasize their own creativity and personal style, is now one of Forbes Magazine’s “Best of the Web” wedding planning sites for 2005. Bliss! Weddings Market can be found at www.BlissWeddingsMarket.com .

Nairobi stories: Corn-fed, organic and still crowing (Independent) - I was woken one morning to hear a cockerel crowing right outside my window. There are plenty of curlews, hawks and monkeys in my garden, but I had not been aware that I had a henhouse too.

Bliss! Weddings Market Chosen by Forbes Magazine as a Prestigious “Best of the Web” for 2005 (PR Web) - Bliss! Weddings Market, the premiere online wedding resource for brides who want to emphasize their own creativity and personal style, is now one of Forbes Magazine’s “Best of the Web” wedding planning sites for 2005. [PRWEB Dec 9, 2005]

Pix: Bollywood Brides (rediff.com) - Veena Nagda is a reputed mehendi artist who has practiced her art on several Bollywood brides, including Karisma Kapoor, Twinkle Khanna, Farah Khan and, now, Fardeen Khan's wife Natasha Madhvani.

China taking in North Korean sex slaves, says US (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Many North Korean refugees who flee to China every year end up as sex slaves and China often sends them back for punishment, the U.S. ambassador for fighting international slavery said in Beijing on Friday.

US Congress cites centennial of Filipino migration (Manila Bulletin) - The United States Congress recently passed a resolution recognizing the centennial of sustained migration of Filipinos to the United States, to be highlighted by year-long festivities that begin this month.