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Message: <blockquote data-quote="x-pert" data-source="post: 7213563" data-attributes="member: 837">A 13-year-old Yemeni girl has died of internal  bleeding three days after being married, rights groups say.<img src="http://doctorbulldog.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/mohammed-and-aisha.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The  report comes amid ongoing debate on setting a minimum age for brides in  Yemen, where more than a quarter of girls are married before the age of  15. A 2009 law setting the minimum age at 17 was repealed after  some lawmakers said it was un-Islamic. A final decision is due this  month. There was no official confirmation of the death by Yemeni  officials. The girl, said to have been married to a  man in his 20s, died in the west of the country last week, the Arab  Sisters Forum (Saf) rights group said. A medical report by the  hospital where she was treated said she had suffered a tear to her  genitals and severe bleeding after intercourse, the group said. In  a statement obtained by the Reuters news agency, Unicef's regional  director, Sigrid Kaag, said the UN child agency was "dismayed by the  death of yet another child bride in Yemen". Human rights groups  have been pressurising the authorities to outlaw family-arranged child  marriages in Yemen, which has a tribal social structure. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8610491.stm" target="_blank">Source</a></blockquote>

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