International Dating: Globetrotting dating show delayed by war threat
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Global tensions have put the brakes on an international dating show planned by NBC."Around the World in 80 Dates," which would send a man out to look for love in foreign countries, is on hold because of the threat of war with Iraq. Production was to have started in two weeks."We've been talking for weeks about impending war and the idea of taking the contestants and crew away from their family at a time when war could...
International Dating: Moscow women court cyberlove
MASHA PETROVA, 27, having despaired of finding a husband in Russia, is looking for one in cyberspace.She is one of a growing number of Russian women hoping to become e-mail brides, after failing with newspaper advertisements and international dating agencies.Russian women have broadened their horizons since the cold war ended. Now that there is nothing to stop them, many are desperate to emigrate, believing men in the West are more reliable.Petrova is among 56 Russian women...
International Dating: CLOSING THE CULTURE GAP,
FOR LOVE TO SURVIVE, IT'S VITAL FOR COUPLES TO RESPECT DIFFERENCES
The language of love does not necessarily need, well, language -- at least not in the beginning, when emotions and hormones usually do most of the talking.In the Bay Area, where people from all over the world come together, cross-cultural couples are not unusual. Likewise, the ability to travel the globe for business or pleasure brings people together as never before. And let's not forget international dating Web sites. ''A lot of chemistry and physical...
