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Hard-to-find dresses for unconventional brides (Texarkana Gazette) - DES PERES, Mo.—As a Mormon planning a temple wedding, Jenna Gaal knew what she needed in a wedding gown: pure white, with sleeves and a conservative neckline and hem.

Brides go down the aisle in style (Narromine News) - YOU thought you had a tough job. On an average weekend, up to 50 brides-to-be traipse through Thi Diep's shop, every one of them looking for the perfect fabric for their big day.

LATEST: Umno division chief suspended (The New Straits Times) - MOST READ TODAY! While back pain is a complex subject, its causes can be identified and, in many cases, relief can be attained. THE mail-order bride industry started when early settlers of the American continent could not find brides and would write to Europe for one.

HIV SCREENING NOT INTENDED TO STOP COUPLES FROM MARRYING, SAYS HEALTH MINISTER (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News) - JOHOR BAHARU, Dec 21 (Bernama) -- The compulsory HIV screening for potential Muslim brides and bridegrooms, effective next year, is not intended to stop them from marrying, but to ascertain their health standard, Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said today.

Here come the brides (The Bakersfield Californian) - Several months ago, the Rev. Miguel Flores, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Parish in Old Town Kern, noticed that only the children from many families in his church took communion while Mom and Dad stayed in the pew. As he looked into the curious matter, Flores, who started shepherding the largely Hispanic congregation about a year ago, discovered that a lot of these "husbands and wives" were not ...

Fall of the Iron Curtain opened borders to lonely hearts (The New Straits Times) - THE mail-order bride industry started when early settlers of the American continent could not find brides and would write to Europe for one. The fall of the Iron Curtain started a whole new source of mail order brides seeking a Western husband.

Japanese war bride history on display (The West Australian) - A new exhibit at the Australian National Maritime Museum recalls how romance frequently overcame wartime antagonisms in occupied Japan immediately after World War II. Some 12,000 Australian troops we

BURSA MALAYSIA UPDATE: 12.30 P.M. (The New Straits Times) - At 12.30 p.m. today, there were 175 gainers, 176 losers and 160 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia. The KLCI was at 885.94 up 9.54 points, the FBM2BRD was at 3,935.27 down 51.61 points, and the FBMEmas was at 5,788.86 up 63.11 points.

LATEST: Umno division chief suspended (The New Straits Times) - Pokok Sena Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Lebai Sudin has been suspended for two years from Dec 17 for sabotaging the party in the March 8 election

At Duranti's, more than a meal (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) - For 29 years, everyone from newborns to centenarians, the homeless and the mighty, gathered at Duranti's Restaurant in Oakland. By the end of the year, the restaurant expects to serve its last customer.