No HIV Test? No Wedding In Russia`s Ingushetia
(World News Russia)

No HIV test? No wedding. That simple rule will apply in Russia`s North Caucasus region of Ingushetia starting next year. In what they say is a bid to cut AIDS rates, local officials are instituting mandatory HIV testing for all couples hoping to marry. Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, the head of Ingushetia, said that HIV testing was needed, but admitted it was not likely to be popular. "I know that many potential grooms will not be thrilled with tightening the rules to...