Internet becomes Iraq's new matchmaker

Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 20/08/2008 14:00

[AFP] Young Iraqis in Baghdad are surfing the internet to search for partners to tie the knot as violence and sectarian tensions take their toll on more traditional forms of socialising.

Dating has fallen victim to the insecurity that has reduced the capital to a sullen network of rival neighbourhoods, leaving little space for men and women to meet other than in cyber chat rooms.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/08/15/1218307188342.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/08/15/1218307188342.html

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