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Brides Hired By The Month Updated: 13:46, Monday June 19, 2006 Husbands in India are cashing in on a lack of single women - by renting out their wives. Men unwilling to find a bride of their own pay a monthly fee to hire someone else's. One farm worker in Gujarat state leases his Mrs to a wealthy landowner for 8,000 rupees (£71) a month, the Times of India reported. He could expect to earn a monthly minimum wage of around 1,050 rupees (£12). The wife is expected to live with the landowner, look after him and his house, and...

Having developed Anti-Scam program we intend to warn you about phenomenon of International dating scam and will do our best try to help you to avoid scamming. We launch our anti-scam campaign and appeal to all people who are in the sphere of Internet dating and international marriage - Foreign men, Russian women and International marriage agencies - as we ALL suffer from scam. MEN scammed by dishonest women stop to believe that it is possible to find a good, loving Russian wife and quit. Less interested men - less opportunities for honest WOMEN to find the right guy for...

MAKKAH, 19 July 2005 — Competition between two Asian sisters for the heart of a young Saudi man who had proposed to the family for the older sister turned into a bloody wrestling match, reported Okaz daily. In the wake of the suitor’s proposal and after he left the prospective bride’s house, the spark of jealousy flared up in the heart of the younger sister and led to a verbal fight between the two. The flare of verbal exchange changed into a physical fight with the younger sister landing blows to the older sister who screamed for help amid the...

THE woman marrying Bobby Fischer, the chess legend threatened with deportation to the United States, reacted with shock yesterday to the news that he already has a common-law wife and a four-year-old daughter in the Philippines.Miyoko Watai, 59, acting president of the Japan Chess Association, said: "I didn’t know. Bobby has never told me this. "I have asked him in the past if he had a child and he never said anything. He told me that he is single." Fischer, 61, was arrested at Tokyo’s Narita Airport in July and is being held pending deportation for travelling on an expired...

Calling all returning soldiers from Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo and/or their fiances and fiancees.Henri's Cloud Nine Bridal Shoppe in Minerva, [OHIO] is among 14 independent bridal stores nationwide trying to put finishing touches on some unfinished love stories.``For brides-to-be and grooms-to-be who have been on active duty, their wedding day has been snatched away,'' insists Henri's owner Meg Kopp Walters.``We just want to thank them; we are so proud of their service to our country. We're so hoping they can have their special day now that they have returned home... We have watched these men and women put on...

India's young brides rebel against the dowry demand By Phil Reeves in Delhi 10 October 2003 A new and unlikely front has been opened in the battle by young Indian women against illegal dowry demands, this time within a bastion of religious and cultural conservatism, Varanasi on the Ganges. The ancient holy city, where devout Hindus traditionally go to die, has become the venue of a high-profile and decidedly contemporary confrontation between a media-savvy young woman and a man whose family she accuses of illegally demanding money for her hand. In May, Nisha Sharma, a 21-year-old computer software engineer, became...

More than 1,000 Russian would-be "cyber-brides" are lobbying the US Congress to halt laws aimed at protecting them from exploitation. The women, who are members of the biggest American-owned dating agency that recruits in the former Soviet Union, claim that the new laws would destroy their hopes of finding husbands over the internet. A bill passing through Congress would force American matchmaking agencies - mostly run from websites - to give foreign women details of the marital history and any criminal record of suitors. Supporters say that the move - inspired by the death of Anastasia King, 20, who was...