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Calls for more protection for Singapore's foreign brides (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Singapore's leading women advocacy group, AWARE, wants more stringent checks on matchmaking agencies so that prospective foreign brides of local men are protected, the Straits Times has reported.

Calls for more protection for Singapore's foreign brides (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) - SINGAPORE (AFP) - Singapore's leading women advocacy group, AWARE, wants more stringent checks on matchmaking agencies so that prospective foreign brides of local men are protected, the Straits Times reported Monday.

Calls for more protection for Singapore's foreign brides (TODAYonline) - Singapore's leading women advocacy group, AWARE, wants more stringent checks on matchmaking agencies so that prospective foreign brides of local men are protected.

Average age of brides at historic high (News Interactive) - CAREERS, money and waiting for Mr Right have pushed the average age of brides to 30 for the first time in the nation's history.

Average age of brides at historic high (Northern Territory News) - CAREERS, money and waiting for Mr Right have pushed the average age of brides to 30 for the first time in the nation's history. The dramatic increase compares with the earlier generation of women, who were more likely to get married in their early 20s or late teens.

Clifford Pfeifer, 78, ballroom dance teacher (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) - Clifford Pfeifer had a long corporate career in chemical sales and marketing that disguised his real artistic passion. Well into his 70s, the native New Yorker taught ballroom dance to students in metro Atlanta. He particularly loved the waltz, which he patiently taught to young brides and bridegrooms preparing for their wedding dance.

Strict scrutiny of matchmaking agencies urged (Khaleej Times) - SINGAPORE - A women’s advocacy group called on Monday for a governing body to regulate Singapore matchmaking agencies that offer foreign brides, claiming the businesses are “largely unmonitored and unregulated.”

Indian men buy a new image to win beautiful brides (Guardian Unlimited) - Skin-whitening creams marketed aggressively in India not just for women but for men, who are having plastic surgery too.

Now, nip and tuck below the belt (The Times of India) - It's the wedding season and brides, they're going in for a makeover. Botox and breast lifts are passe; now it's a little nip and tuck below the belt.

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