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CNN
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A Yemeni judge dissolved the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man nearly four times her age, and the girl's lawyer said Wednesday that the court also ordered the youngster removed from the control of the father who forced her into the wedding.
The l..
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CNN
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Cecilia, are separating by mutual consent after 11 years of marriage, his office said Thursday.
The announcement ended weeks of speculation about troubles in their marriage and came as Sarkozy is facing th..
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BBC News
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Classmates of a 13-year-old Bangladeshi school girl due to enter a forced marriage have united to stop the ceremony going ahead, police say.
Around 50 pupils in the town of Satkhira took to the streets to demand that Habiba Sultana's wedding be called..
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BBC News
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Iran's Interior Minister, Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, has started promoting temporary marriage as a solution to the country's social problems.
Shia Islam allows a man and woman to marry for a fixed period of time, ranging from an hour to a century.
A ma..
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