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Brides.com Joins Legendary Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center Creating Partnership to Post Marriage Proposals Online (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Brides.com, the destination site from Conde Nast Publications and The Rink at Rockefeller Center today announce a partnership to bring "Engagements on Ice" to the Web. Now, a marriage proposal including private skate time at the historic landmark can be arranged for and with the consent of the groom, proposals will be taped and posted on www.brides.com, allowing couples to visually share their

Mail-order brides face exploitation: study (CTV.ca) - A new study finds that many mail order brides arriving in Canada have little knowledge of their rights and sometimes face exploitation by their new husbands.

It's a thrill to help brides look great (Coventry Evening Telegraph) - SUSAN GRAYLEY has been trading in Coventry city centre for 20 years - and not even a tale of the supernatural can stop her working. The entrepreneur started out with a vintage clothes shop which hired out and sold garments from the 1930s and 40s.

Mail order brides face exploitation in Canada, B.C. researcher says (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - VANCOUVER (CP) - Nika thought her future was bright when she came to Canada from the Philippines as a bride to the owner of a booming taxi business.

Brides And Bouquets Wedding Showcase (KKCO Grand Junction) - A wedding can be one of the most stressful events to organize. But there was some help on Sunday for some Grand Junction couples planning for their big day.

Ghana: Internet Brings Sex Tourists to Ghana (AllAfrica.com) - The advent of chat rooms, mail order brides and relationships, electronic fraud and its 419 syndrome have become a blessing to both the educated and some otherwise illiterate and downtrodden folk through their non-formal educational nature; whilst it is having a backlash on Ghana's tourism industry at the same time.

China's bachelor boys and corpse brides tie the knot beyond the grave (Scotland on Sunday) - FOR many Chinese, an ancestor is someone to honour, but also someone whose needs must be maintained.

Man sentenced for role in immigrant bride fraud (The Columbian) - An Oregon man has been sentenced to six months' home confinement in connection with a visa fraud conspiracy that linked Vietnamese "brides" with sham American husbands in order to gain them legal residency in the United States. The ringleaders of the operation were two Vancouver brothers.

Outrage Continues As Brides Try To Find Dresses (WISN TheMilwaukeeChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - The fallout after a south-side Milwaukee bridal shop closed its doors is continuing, especially as brides scramble to find dresses.

Some Brides Set 7/7/07 As Their Lucky Wedding Day (CBS 4 Boston) - Some potential brides are hoping to get lucky by saving July 7, 2007, rewritten as 7/7/7, for their wedding days. More Water Cooler News