SEOUL | Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:01am EDT SEOUL (Reuters) – About 2,500 couples from around the world exchanged or reaffirmed wedding vows at a South Korean stadium on Saturday and got a blessing from the founder of the Unification Church, Reverend Sun Myung Moon. The 92-year-old Moon and his wife sprinkled “holy water” over [...]

By Eero Vassinen HELSINKI | Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:04am EDT HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s capital comes alive as soon as the snow begins to melt and residents start venturing outdoors again, cafes spill onto sidewalks and the city’s modernist architecture sparkles. While cross-country ski trails and saunas offer entertainment for visitors during the colder [...]

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK | Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:32pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York, where the average cost of a wedding is $65,824, is the most expensive city in the United States to get married but many couples will spend about $27,000 to tie the knot and that doesn’t include the [...]

By Sarah White and Victoria Howley LONDON | Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:42am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – In a small French village, nestled deep in Languedoc-Roussillon wine country, Gary Langton is putting the final dabs of paint to his bed and breakfast before the first guests arrive. It’s the type of pet project many Britons [...]

By Michael Holden LONDON | Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:19am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – The Magna Carta, the English medieval document considered a cornerstone of modern democracy, is to get an overhaul and be brought back into the public spotlight in time for its 800th anniversary, academics said on Thursday. A three-year research project will [...]