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Saudis May Outlaw Under-18 Marriages

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted May 2, 2009 11:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – The days of 8-year-olds getting married in Saudi Arabia may be numbered. Spurred by international hostility toward the marriage of a girl that age to a 50-year-old man, the nation is considering a ban on marriage for those under 18, Reuters reports. Such a restriction...   Read full story »

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