0 Have your say They survived years living one of the world’s most dangerous war zones and dodging hand grenades to reach 70 years of marriage. But Barbara Hamilton, 95, and husband Jimmy, 96, have attributed the longevity of their marriage not down to sharing that harrowing experience, but instead “tolerance” and never going to sleep on a row.The couple from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire first met in 1940, but did not get involved romantically until six years later when Jimmy returned from serving in India.And although they have spent most of their lives in Scotland, the Hamiltons lived for 14 years in the Middle East during a turbulent era when the Colony of Aden became South Arabia – now known as Yemen. The couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a recent party at the retirement home where they live in Hamilton and invited around 70 guests.Barbara said: “We have really had a very happy life and an interesting life … [Read more...] about Couple say ‘tolerance’ is secret to their 70-year marriage
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Man Stabs Girlfriend 32 Times, Kills Her For Declining Marriage Proposal
Dec 14, 7:01 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan 12/14/18 AT 6:30 AM A man who fatally stabbed his girlfriend he met via an arranged marriage website was sentenced to life in prison by an Australian court Friday.Senthill Kumar Arumugam was found guilty of stabbing Meena Narayanan 32 times before slitting her throat at a Brisbane hotel in March 2014. Narayanan, a 27-year-old Singaporean woman, was living in Australia as a student while Arumugam worked as an engineer in South Africa. The pair met via an arranged marriage website in 2013.Narayanan, however, refused to marry him. He traveled to Australia after he felt she was cheating on her."They met in person in December 2013 and their families met in February 2014 in India. But the deceased expressed some reservations about the relationship and the evidence supports that she commenced another relationship with another man in … [Read more...] about Man Stabs Girlfriend 32 Times, Kills Her For Declining Marriage Proposal
Michelle Obama talks marriage, kids and politics of being first lady at Pepsi Center
Michelle Obama told the crowd gathered at the Pepsi Center Thursday evening that on the night her husband became president one of the couple’s daughters was worried. Police had shut down the streets of downtown Chicago as a security precaution for the president-elect, and “it’s just us in the motorcade and Malia is like, ‘No one is coming to your party, Dad.'” The crowd laughed as Obama explained how her daughter didn’t realize that empty streets, bodyguards and motorcades were about to become part of their new normal. “The minute the announcement happened, the world changed for us,” Obama said. Obama was in town as part of a book tour for her recently released memoir “Becoming.” The former first lady signed books at Tattered Cover in Denver, visited Children’s Hospital Colorado and spoke candidly with Reese Witherspoon at the Pepsi Center for more than an hour about her career, her marriage and adjusting to life as … [Read more...] about Michelle Obama talks marriage, kids and politics of being first lady at Pepsi Center
Court ruling brings Indonesia closer to ending child marriage
By Agustinus Beo Da CostaJAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian groups pushing for an increase in the minimum age for girls to marry, from 16, said on Thursday it was encouraged by a Constitutional Court order that legislators should work on a change.gi Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority country, is among the top 10 countries in the world with the highest number of child brides, according to campaign group Girls Not Brides."We now have the legitimacy, that the decision of the Constitutional Court today strengthens and agrees with our reasoning," said Lia Anggie, a legal representative for the coalition of campaigners against child marriage.The coalition had petitioned the court on the grounds that the law discriminated against girls, who can marry at 16, while the legal age for men is 19.Indonesia's top court ruled that the government must change the minimum age at which a girl can get married. It did not specify an increase, and gave legislators three years to decide what the new … [Read more...] about Court ruling brings Indonesia closer to ending child marriage
U.S.: Pakistani Officials Help Muslims Force Christian Women into Marriage
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) published a report Tuesday accusing South East Asian nations of systematically failing to protect their populations’ religious rights, noting that “state officials” in Pakistan often shield criminals forcing Christian or Hindu women into a Muslim marriage. The report, titled “Limitations on Minorities’ Religious Freedom in South Asia,” tracks religious freedom variations in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, finding them all lacking in enforcing religious freedom protections, even when these exist under federal law. Pakistan, an officially Islamist country, and India, which has experienced a surge in Hindu extremism, are home to the most egregious violations mentioned in the study.The U.S. State Department designated Pakistan a “Country of Particular Concern” on Tuesday for its religious freedom violations under the International Religious … [Read more...] about U.S.: Pakistani Officials Help Muslims Force Christian Women into Marriage