South Africa's president Jacob Zuma about to marry for the sixth time

Good times for the world's most prominent polygamist: South Africa's president Jacob Zuma is about to marry for the sixth time.

The presidential team's take on the event seems fairly low-key, and not just because they've been through it all five times before.

The wedding is just "formalizing" the relationship, a spokesman says: long-term fiancée Gloria Bongi Ngema already shares First Lady-like duties, such as accompanying the president on official trips, with Mr Zuma's three other current wives.

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Record low of U.S. adults are married

[ via Reuters ] 14 Dec

A record low of 51 percent of U.S. adults are married, and Americans are waiting longer than ever to tie the knot, the Pew Research Center said on Wednesday.

The Washington-based Pew Research Center based its findings on an analysis of U.S. Census data for 2010.

By comparison to the current record low of 51 percent of U.S. adults in married relationships, 72 percent were in wedded unions in 1960, the Pew Center said.

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