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Tajik leader wants smaller weddings (AP via Yahoo! News) - Tajikistan's president called Thursday for legislation to limit the size and expense of weddings, birthday parties and funerals, saying the ceremonies have become too expensive and unjustified for the poor former Soviet republic.

Tajikistan to ban lavish weddings (Perth Now) - TAJIKISTAN'S President Emomali Rakhmon asked parliament overnight to crack down on lavish weddings and funerals, continuing an anti-luxury campaign that has already targeted gold teeth.

Tajik leader attacks lavish weddings, funerals (AlertNet) - Source: Reuters By Roman Kozhevnikov DUSHANBE, May 24 (Reuters) - Tajikistan's leader proposed fines for lavish weddings and funerals on Thursday and urged his impoverished people to hold more modest ceremonies. ...

Jamaica-Weddings.com Announces New Honeymoon Activities in Jamaica (PR Web) - Jamaican-Weddings.com, a leading online source for Jamaican wedding packages, announces new things to do for brides and grooms on Jamaican honeymoons. (PRWeb May 24, 2007)

Tajikistan: Leader Plans a Small Wedding. For Everyone. (New York Times) - President Emomali Rakhmon, left, called for legislation to limit the size and expense of weddings, birthday parties and funerals, saying the ceremonies had become too expensive and unjustified for the people of his impoverished country, a former Soviet republic. He told a group of lawmakers, clerics and intellectuals that guests at weddings should be restricted to 150; at a funeral to 100; and at ...

Tajikistan moves to limit ritual spending (UPI) - A conference in Tajikistan has approved a resolution limiting the amount that can be spent on weddings and funerals.

Tajik bans extravagant weddings (Independent Online) - Imagine planning the wedding of your dreams, but there's one problem - you can only invite 200 guests.

Luxury weddings, funerals to be banned in Tajikistan (Russian Information Agency Novosti) - DUSHANBE, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Luxury wedding and funeral ceremonies will be banned in Tajikistan if a new draft law, discussed at a nationwide conference Thursday, is passed in the Central Asian country.

Make Out of Town Wedding Guests Feel at Home (Hope Star) - (ARA) - Weddings are a big occasion not only for the bride and groom, but for their friends and families as well. It is a great chance for people who don't see each other as often as they would like to reconnect.

Preparing for Out of Town Wedding Guests (Kewanee Star Courier) - (ARA) - Weddings are an exciting and busy time for everyone. As the couple prepares to celebrate their bond, family and friends are preparing for the big day too. For out of town guests, traveling can be confusing, expensive and take a lot of time.