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700 couples are set to celebrate the first day of 'gay weddings' (Telegraph.co.uk) - Almost 700 same-sex couples are planning to conduct "gay weddings" on the first day such ceremonies can take place.

HUGH'S WHO (Sunday Mail) - UPPERCRUST Hugh Grant is everyone's idea of the archetypal English gent. But the Love Actually and Four Weddings star is as Scottish as William Wallace.

Demand for female bodyguards rising (The Peninsula) - Doha: One of the major fallouts of rising affluence in Qatar is a growing demand for female bodyguards, reports Al Sharq. It has become more of a necessity than fashion for many Qatari businesswomen to hire female bodyguards, especially during meetings, trips abroad and weddings.

UK Weddings: Straights Can Wait (CBS News) - Contributor Petrie Hosken comments on the pending same-sex civil unions in England.

Aberdeen man accused in child porn case (AberdeenNews.com) - ABERDEEN, S.D. - An Aberdeen man has been charged with eight felony counts of possession of child pornography. Roger A. Delzer, 39, also faces two counts of misdemeanor videotaping or photographing somebody without that person knowing.

The Psychology of Retailing (New York Times) - If this holiday season you find yourself spending more on presents than you planned, we know just where to put the blame: store merchandisers.

Lander graduates mark end of year, beginning of new life (The Index-Journal) - The year 2005 is drawing to a close, and as the world begins to close the books on another year, some Lander University students are closing their schoolbooks as well.

Indian tigers could be wiped out in 10 years (Telegraph.co.uk) - A new survey of India's tiger population has established that there are many fewer of the animals than previously believed, prompting fears that increased poaching could lead to their extinction within a decade.

Western Isles takes moral stand against 'geidh' couple ceremonies (The Scotsman: Scotland News) - THE Western Isles has become the only part of the UK to ban homosexual couples from holding gay 'wedding' ceremonies.

TRAILBLAZERS Between Hard Hat and Soft Heart of Aurora Romero . . . . . . The Earth Moved (INQ7.net) - 1993: THE air is pregnant with tension as storm clouds rumble in the distance. Construction workers had been working to clear a channel through the lahar-ravaged Pampanga landscape as monsoon rains fall, causing massive flooding.