August 25, 2003

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  With 11th Bride, King Alarms Health Workers

  
  

  MBABANE (Reuters) - Swaziland's King Mswati III has chosen a 17-year-old girl to become his 11th wife, alarming health workers . . .

  
  

  Ntentensa was chosen by Mswati last year after he reviewed videotapes of semi-naked maidens. . .

  
  

  Women's rights activists and AIDS campaigners have criticized Mswati's latest choice of a new bride, which comes despite his own order two years ago that teenage girls should remain virgins. . .

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