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Swedish Princess Madeleine and New York banker Christopher O’Neill are married!

The couple were married in a lavish wedding ceremony in Stockholm on June 8, in front of around 470 European royals and top New York socialites.

Madeline wore a dress by Valentino Garavani and was walked down the aisle by her father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, to a traditional Swedish wedding march performed by a children’s choir.

Madeleine chose to read her wedding vows in Swedish, while the British-American O’Neill read his in English.

The Princess, 30, is the youngest of Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s three children.  She is the fourth in the line for the throne.  Meanwhile, the 38-year-old O’Neill works as a partner and head of research at Noster Capital, a hedge fun with offices in London and New York.

The couple met in New York and were first spotted together having lunch in January 2011.  In October 2012, the couple had announced their engagement.

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A Czech woman has given birth to her country’s first recorded case of quintuplets.

The babies were conceived naturally, and arrived 31 weeks into her pregnancy.  Alexandra Kinova, who had originally been told she was carrying twins, had a Cesarean.

The babies’ weights range from 2.3 lbs. to 3 lbs.  Their names are Tereza, Michael, Deniel, Alex, and Martin.

The babies’ father Antonin Kroscen, 26, almost missed the delivery due to a late train.  “I was crying all the way, since I feared I would not manage it,” he said.

The couple already have a young son, and live in the town of Milovice.

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A deadly new virus has infected at least 49 people as of Thursday. The SARS-like MERS-CoV virus has claimed 27 lives so far, the most recent of which had been from  Saudi Arabia.

The World Health Organization is declaring the virus to be “a threat to the entire world.” All of the reported cases as of now can be traced back to theMiddle East. InFranceand theUnited Kingdom, there have been incidents of local transmission between infected travelers recently returning from theMiddle Eastand people who had not been there.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the illness mimics a cold virus and attacks the respiratory system. The symptoms are severe and may lead to pneumonia and kidney failure. Not much is known is known about how the virus spreads, which presents a challenge to scientists working to prevent further infections.

The World Health Organization is calling for the world to work together to study and defeat the virus.

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A man was killed in a deadly terror attack in London on May 22.

Dramatic footage has emerged of the suspected terrorist attack near the London barracks that left one man dead.  The video shows the suspect with blood-covered hands using jihadist rhetoric to justify the violence.

On Wednesday night, prime minister David Cameron spoke to the public, vowing that Britain will “never buckle” in the fact of terrorist incidents.  He called the killing in Woolwich “absolutely sickening.”

ITV News broadcast footage of one of the alleged attackers that night.

A man, brandishing a cleaver and a knife, with the body of the victim lying just feet away, said, “We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.  The only reason we have done this is because Muslims are dying every day.  This British soldier is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”

Later footage showed the aftermath of the incident, in which the two suspects were shot by police.

The victim, who is believed to be a British soldier, is thought to have died after suffering knife injuries, possibly around the head.

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A transsexual woman will be allowed to wed her male partner after her appeal was granted by Hong Kong’s top court. In a region where same-sex marriage still fails to be recognized under the law, this ruling is being hailed as a milestone in the fight for marriage equality.

The Court of Final Appeal’s decision allows for transgender persons born male to marry men and those born female to marry women.

China, Singapore, India, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand, are among the other countries in the region where transsexual people are permitted to marry in accordance with their preferred gender identities.

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Ethiopian Airlines became the first to resume service with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner this Saturday almost three months after the planes were grounded for safety issues.

Nearly 50 Dreamliners were taken out of commission world-wide following two incidents with Japanese airlines jets that raised concerns over the battery systems. Boeing has since began installing a redesigned battery system into the air-crafts.

The Dreamliner’s first commercial flight since January flew from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, Kenya, through Ethiopian airlines.

The smarter fuel economy made possible by the Dreamliner’s use of lightweight composite materials has made it very popular in Asia and the Middle East, where long-haul flights make up much of an airline’s business.

Japanese airlines have so far been the air-craft’s biggest customers.  They are expected to start test flights this Sunday.

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Police found the bound bodies of five men and two women in a low-income neighborhood in the resort town of Cancun away from the tourist hot spots, according to Fox News.

Authorities in Mexico say the killings appear to be linked to the drug trade.

According to the Associated Press, the director of the Quintana Roo state detective agency reports that the victims reportedly died of asphyxiation, as a result of their hands, feet and heads being bound with packaging tape.

Juan Ignacio Hernandez, a deputy attorney general of Quintana Roo state, told Reuters, “It looks like the victims were independent drug dealers without any links to any specific cartel.”

Seven men have been named as suspects in the killings.

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After escaping from a one-month “contract marriage” arranged by her parents, a 17-year-old Indian girl has exposed Islamic sex tourism in India.

According to Fox News, Nausheen Tobassum reported that her parents and aunt forced her to marry a 44-year-old Sudanese man as part of a four-week contract worth approximately $1,850.

Campaigners of Muslim women’s rights told the Telegraph, that these types of short marriages which are illegal in India and forbidden in Islam are increasing in the Southern City of Hyderabad, where poor families are targeted.

According to the Telegraph, Tobassaum stated that the man came to her house the day following their marriage and demanded intercourse, which she refused. After Tobsassum’s parents told her she would be punished if she did not oblige, Tobassaum escaped and informed the authorities.

The Sudanese man, Tobassaum’s aunt, parents and Muslin priest responsible for conducting the wedding were then arrested.

Her parents, who are in hiding, will be charged with the arrangement of a child marriage, “outraging the modesty” of a woman, and criminal conspiracy.

Hyderabad Police Inspector Vijay Kumar, as reported by the Telegraph, said that poor families are agreeing to “contract marriages” as a way of funding real weddings for their daughters. He also explained that these marriages are also a form of prostitution, which is not allowed in Islam.

According to Hyderabad’s Women and Child Welfare Society, at least 15 of these “contract marriages” are occurring in the city each month.

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