Source: http://www.google.com (AFP) –20 October FREETOWN — Sierra Leone’s Social Welfare Minister Soccoh Kabia announced a probe Friday into „the unknown whereabouts“ of 20 children he said were spirited to the United States without the knowledge of their parents. They were allegedly taken for adoption from couples who had handed them to a local organisation… Weiter »
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Russian child adoptions by foreigners drop 50% over last 5 years
Date: 2010-10-18 Source: http://en.rian.ru/society The number of Russian children adopted by foreigners has almost halved over the past five years, an official with the Russian Ministry of Education and Science said on Monday.
Russians threaten adoption hold-ups over spies
Source: http://www.irishcentral.com Seek to end Irish police probe of passport theft By BARRY J WHYTE, IrishCentral.com Staff Writer Published Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 7:56 AM Richard and Cynthia Murphy, Russian spies, used Irish passports Russia’s Ambassador to Ireland has warned that an adoption agreement between both countries may be in jeopardy because of an Irish… Weiter »
Adoptions from Ethiopia rise, bucking global trend
Date:2010-10-12 Source: http://hosted.ap.org By DAVID CRARY (AP) NEW YORK — As the overall number of international adoptions by Americans plummets, one country — Ethiopia — is emphatically bucking the trend, sending record numbers of children to the U.S. while winning praise for improving orphans‘ prospects at home.
Russia, US to sign adoption agreement by January –Children’s ombudsman
Source: http://english.ruvr.ru Oct 4, 2010 17:55 Moscow Time Russia and the US will sign bilateral adoption agreement by January, Russia’s Ombudsman for Children’s Rights Pavel Astakhov stated on Monday. He said the countries had conducted efficient talks on the issue.
Italian official claims link between homosexual adoption and human trafficking
Source: http://www.catholicnewsagency.com Rome, Italy, Sep 21, 2010 / 02:58 pm (CNA).- The Secretary of State for Family Policy in Italy, Carlo Giovanardi, stated in an interview this week that he believes there is a connection between adoption by same-sex couples and the increase in the human trafficking of minors. In the interview with political analyst… Weiter »
Baby left at hospital in first use of child abandonment program
Source:http://www.nationalpost.com Tom Blackwell, National Post · Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 Someone opened a door at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital, slipped a two-day-old baby into the bassinet on the other side and promptly walked out of the newborn’s life. Thirty seconds later, an alarm sounded inside, alerting emergency department staff to the new arrival, and giving the… Weiter »
Haiti quake figure pleads not guilty in Vermont
Source: http://www.kansascity.com Date: 2010-09-17 By JOHN CURRAN Associated Press Writer Extradited from the Dominican Republic, wanted in Pennsylvania and indicted in Vermont for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants, a former adviser to U.S. missionaries who were accused of taking children out of Haiti was ordered held without bail Friday. Jorge Torres, 32, pleaded not guilty in… Weiter »
Edwardsville couple accuses adoption agency of conspiracy
Source: http://www.stclairrecord.com 9/17/2010 9:10 AM By Andrea Dearden An Edwardsville couple is suing a local adoption agency for more than $850,000, claiming the company’s employees conspired against them. Patrick and Stacey Stufflebeam filed the lawsuit against Lifelink International Adoption Services Sept. 7 in Madison County Circuit Court. Also named in the suit are three social workers employed… Weiter »
Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis
Source:http://www.foreignpolicy.com An exclusive investigation uncovers how State Department officials uncovered systemic corruption in the Vietnamese adoption system — and how they struggled to do something about it. BY E.J. GRAFF | SEPTEMBER 12, 2010 It seemed like a nightmare right out of Kafka. In late 2007 and early 2008, Americans with their adopted babies in… Weiter »
