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Old 08-22-2012, 01:43 PM   #32 (permalink)
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This was big news here and it really finally highlighted some of the horrors that go on in these communities regarding things like arranged marriages. They only really go on in tight asian communites here, where having a daughter is often seen as being a financial burden on the parents if she fails to marry.
It was a pretty big news story over here too.

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I have no idea wither it was British or American. I don't read papers and don't watch the news.
The reason I'm guessing it was the English case was because you mentioned both parents being involved. In the American one Fred mentioned I think it was just the father.
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