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Paris museum pays tribute to tribal arts (AP via Yahoo! News) - A new museum, located in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, celebrates art forms sometimes overlooked by the Paris cultural establishment: carved African masks, feather headdresses from the Amazon, dangling silver earrings for Middle Eastern brides.

Paris museum showcases tribal arts (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Paris -- A new museum, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, celebrates art forms sometimes overlooked by the Paris cultural establishment: carved African masks, feather headdresses from the Amazon, dangling silver earrings for Middle Eastern brides.

Give legal cover to NRI brides: NCW (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: Concerned over the growing number of disputes in NRI marriages, the National Commission for Women on Monday asked the government to take diplomatic measures to ensure legal protection to women marrying overseas. It also asked Indian embassies to play a pro-active role in the matter.

Wedding photography offers cost-cutting options (Brigham Young NewsNet) - Professional photographers cost money, but when brides try to cut costs by getting their friends to take pictures, they can often turn out badly.

High fashion weddings are in vogue (Las Vegas Business Press) - June is busting out all over -- with beautiful brides in floor-length gowns and grooms in elegant tuxedos. This year's bridal buzz combines weddings in picturesque floral gardens, rolling-green lawns and the serenity of romantic, flower-filled courtyards.

LYNN CODDINGTON: ROMANCING THE TOME: Brides walk out of Regency period, into your heart (Contra Costa Times) - JUNE IS THE TRADITIONAL month for weddings, and the marriage plot remains an enduring favorite in romance. Regency historicals rely heavily on the importance of marriage as a social and economic necessity, contrasted with the challenges of finding love within such a pragmatic institution. It seems appropriate to review a pair of the best from among the current releases.

Change in Visa Paperwork Stalls 10,000 Trips to the Altar (New York Times) - The form change was required as part of a law intended to protect foreign mail-order brides from abusive American spouses.

Brides gone wild: Sultry wedding photos in vogue (Bonita Daily News) - It's wedding season, and around the country couples are posing for photographs that will be gathered into albums and handed down through the generations. There's the groom, beaming in his tuxedo. The father, flush with pride.

READERS' CHOICE (Home News Tribune) - Investigate your vendors — "Before you purchase from any online vendor, call past brides to inquire about quality, timing, customer service and whether or not all of their online promises were properly met . . .

Couples must consider guests' finances if planning destination wedding (The Columbus Dispatch) - These days, it costs as much to have a wedding on average as it does to buy a new car. The Conde Nast Bridal Group, which publishes Brides, Modern Bride and Elegant Bride magazines, says the average amount spent on weddings has increased to $27,852, up from the average $15,208 wedding in 1990.