<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption.com News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com</link><description>Adoption.com News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:37:05 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:37:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Indian Laws Prohibit Manji's Father to Adopt Her</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/indian-laws-prohibit-manjis-father-to-adopt-her</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:46:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/indian-laws-prohibit-manjis-father-to-adopt-her</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Baby Manji, the surrogate child born of a Japanese couple, might never be united with her biological father going by the current laws of the land. Manji was abandoned by her surrogate...]]></description></item><item><title>Baby Manji's Case Throws Up Need for Law on Surrogacy</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/baby-manjis-case-throws-up-need-for-law-on-surrogacy</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/baby-manjis-case-throws-up-need-for-law-on-surrogacy</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Baby Manji, or 'Baby M', was born to a surrogate mother through invitro fertilization — using a Japanese man's sperm and an egg from an unknown donor — at Anand in Gujarat on July 25....]]></description></item><item><title>Non-Profit Helps International Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/non-profit-helps-international-adoptions</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/non-profit-helps-international-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A South Bay non-profit is doing what it can to facilitate international adoptions. It's doing it by bringing orphans and adoptive families together in this country. Rob and Debbie Jolley...]]></description></item><item><title>Qld Govt Still Awaiting Proof of Indian Adoption Racket</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/qld-govt-still-awaiting-proof-of-indian-adoption-racket</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/qld-govt-still-awaiting-proof-of-indian-adoption-racket</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Queensland Government says there is no proof yet of an Indian adoption racket affecting a Queensland family. An Indian court approved the adoption of a child by the family seven years...]]></description></item><item><title>Concern Over Child Trafficking</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/concern-over-child-trafficking</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/concern-over-child-trafficking</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has expressed concern over incidents of child trafficking in the name of adoption as highlighted by media reports. The reports said a...]]></description></item><item><title>To Protect Children, Central Agencies to Manage Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/to-protect-children-central-agencies-to-manage-adoption</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/to-protect-children-central-agencies-to-manage-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Speaking to correspondents on the sideline of a meeting reviewing the implementation of the bilateral agreement on adoption between Vietnam and the US, Head of the Ministry of Justice’s International...]]></description></item><item><title>Adopting Ethiopian Orphans May Not be the Best Solution</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adopting-ethiopian-orphans-may-not-be-the-best-solution</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adopting-ethiopian-orphans-may-not-be-the-best-solution</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[ddis Ababa, Ethiopia - On the outskirts of Addis Ababa a newly built orphanage called Rohobet is hidden among tin-roofed shacks on top of a eucalyptus and pine-covered hill. All around it...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoptions from India Under Scrutiny</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adoptions-from-india-under-scrutiny</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adoptions-from-india-under-scrutiny</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The State Government is reviewing the adoptions of two children arranged through an Indian agency accused of stealing "pretty" children from slums and trafficking them internationally. A spokesman...]]></description></item><item><title>CBI Unearths Child Kidnapping Racket</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/cbi-unearths-child-kidnapping-racket</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/cbi-unearths-child-kidnapping-racket</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A lucrative racket worth Rs.10 million in selling kidnapped children abroad has been discovered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), officials said on Monday. At least three such...]]></description></item><item><title>China Opens Registrations to Adopt Quake Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/china-opens-registrations-to-adopt-quake-orphans</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/china-opens-registrations-to-adopt-quake-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Eighty-eight children who were orphaned after a massive earthquake struck central China earlier this year have been made eligible for adoption, state media reported. The orphans have been...]]></description></item><item><title>HC Formulates Guidelines for Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/hc-formulates-guidelines-for-adoption</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/hc-formulates-guidelines-for-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Show enough sensitivity while handling adoption-related cases, accord due respect and courtesies to adoptive parents, do not conduct such proceedings in open court along with other criminal...]]></description></item><item><title>Tasmania Clear in Indian Adoption Scandal</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/tasmania-clear-in-indian-adoption-scandal</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/tasmania-clear-in-indian-adoption-scandal</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An audit of Tasmanias adoption records has revealed no children have been adopted from India using an agency at the centre of child stealing allegations. There have been 14 adoptions from...]]></description></item><item><title>Kids 'Kidnapped for Aussie Adoption'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/kids-kidnapped-for-aussie-adoption</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/kids-kidnapped-for-aussie-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[More than a dozen “pretty” children kidnapped in Indian slums have ended up being adopted in Australia, TIME Magazine reported. According to the magazine, at least 120 children were kidnapped from...]]></description></item><item><title>Curbing Child Trafficking in Nigeria</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/curbing-child-trafficking-in-nigeria</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/curbing-child-trafficking-in-nigeria</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Child trafficking is an inhuman act whereby children are used as objects of business transaction . Children who fall victim of child trafficking are usually from very poor parents who live mostly in...]]></description></item><item><title>Director Adopts His Homeless Hero</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/director-adopts-his-homeless-hero</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/director-adopts-his-homeless-hero</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Acclaimed filmmaker Sudhir Mishra, who signed underprivileged boy Sikandar Aggarwal for his ready-for-release ‘Tera Kya Hoga Johnny’, is making sure that the 17-year-old teenager...]]></description></item><item><title>Will Adoption Bring Orphans a Better Life?</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/will-adoption-bring-orphans-a-better-life</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/will-adoption-bring-orphans-a-better-life</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[According to the UN Child Rights Convention, signed by almost all the countries in the world, the interest of the child is the main point on which public policies must be focused. And it...]]></description></item><item><title>The Taboo of Abortion</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/the-taboo-of-abortion</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/the-taboo-of-abortion</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Facing intense societal and religious pressure, some women will continue to make the hard choice to either secretly abort or abandon their children. Women may make the difficult choice to...]]></description></item><item><title>NAPTIP Laments Rising Cases of Sale of Babies</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/naptip-laments-rising-cases-of-sale-of-babies</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/naptip-laments-rising-cases-of-sale-of-babies</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[National Agency for  Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), yesterday lamented increase in the number of maternity homes involved in the sale of babies...]]></description></item><item><title>Custody of Surrogate Baby Manjhi to Her Grandmother</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/custody-of-surrogate-baby-manjhi-to-her-grandmother</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/custody-of-surrogate-baby-manjhi-to-her-grandmother</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court today extended the interim custody of 20-day-old surrogate baby Manjhi granted to her Japanese grandmother Yamada till September 16. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat...]]></description></item><item><title>Help or Hindrance?</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/help-or-hindrance</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/help-or-hindrance</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A two-year-old boy who was abandoned at birth in Central Viet Nam and then mauled by a wild animal recently boarded a flight to the United States for medical treatment, bolstered by the...]]></description></item><item><title>Vietnam's 'Miracle Baby' Gets New Home in Seattle</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/vietnams-miracle-baby-gets-new-home-in-seattle</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/vietnams-miracle-baby-gets-new-home-in-seattle</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Vietnam child, left in the jungle by his mother to die, has a new home in the Northwest. Two-year-old Thien Nhan survived in the jungle for three days after an animal ate his leg....]]></description></item><item><title>Govt Cracks Down on Human Trafficking</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/govt-cracks-down-on-human-trafficking</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/govt-cracks-down-on-human-trafficking</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Viet Nam is stepping up its efforts to crack down on human trafficking rings by proposing the creation of an independent investigative agency and amending the country’s penal code to include...]]></description></item><item><title>International Adoptions Aren't Easy, But There are Organizations Offering Help</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/international-adoptions-arent-easy-but-there-are-organizations-offering-help</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:28:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/international-adoptions-arent-easy-but-there-are-organizations-offering-help</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Steve and Danae Lehman are accustomed to people stopping them while shopping to ask about their three children. And they don't mind one bit. "It's a neat opportunity to share how God...]]></description></item><item><title>Foreign Adoption Anxiety</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/foreign-adoption-anxiety</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/foreign-adoption-anxiety</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Foreign adoptions are becoming increasingly more difficult for American families. Now some prospective parents who were set on a child from another country, are considering domestic adoption....]]></description></item><item><title>Missing children, Next Nithari in Waiting</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/missing-children-next-nithari-in-waiting</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/missing-children-next-nithari-in-waiting</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[India IS paying little attention towards the security of children. This country cannot be considered safe for a child. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reports that every year 7,058...]]></description></item><item><title>Dispose of Child Adoption Cases in Four Months: HC</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/dispose-of-child-adoption-cases-in-four-months-hc</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/dispose-of-child-adoption-cases-in-four-months-hc</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The District Judges (DJs) have been directed by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court here on Tuesday to finalise cases relating to the adoption of children and their date of...]]></description></item><item><title>South Korea Debates International Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/south-korea-debates-international-adoption</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/south-korea-debates-international-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Since the 1950's, South Korea has sent more than 150,000 orphaned children to live with Western families. That is in part due to a prejudice that many Koreans have against taking...]]></description></item><item><title>It Isn`t Child`s Play</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/it-isnt-childs-play</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/it-isnt-childs-play</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Who thought bringing up a baby — or even bringing one into the world — was a matter so fraught with heartache, legal tangles and tasteless jokes. More so in a country acknowledged...]]></description></item><item><title>Rules of Accrediting Bodies of Legal Assistance to Foreigners in Child Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/rules-of-accrediting-bodies-of-legal-assistance-to-foreigners-in-child-adoption</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/rules-of-accrediting-bodies-of-legal-assistance-to-foreigners-in-child-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The press service for the Cabinet of Ministers told Day.Az that in line with the rules, accredited bodies may provide legal assistance to foreigners and stateless persons in the sphere of...]]></description></item><item><title>Toddler Waits to Be Claimed By Family</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/toddler-waits-to-be-claimed-by-family</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/toddler-waits-to-be-claimed-by-family</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Strange but true. A two-and-a-half-year old boy has been at a railway police station in Gurgaon for over four days waiting to be claimed by his family and taken home. Even in a...]]></description></item><item><title>Divorce of Japanese Couple Leaves Girl Stranded in India</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/divorce-of-japanese-couple-leaves-girl-stranded-in-india</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/divorce-of-japanese-couple-leaves-girl-stranded-in-india</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A baby girl born to an Indian surrogate mother, who made a surrogacy agreement with a Japanese couple, cannot gain entry to Japan because the baby has not been given any nationality...]]></description></item><item><title>India's Tryst with Abortion</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/indias-tryst-with-abortion</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/indias-tryst-with-abortion</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When the Bombay High Court refused the plea of Niketa and Harish Mehta’s plea to be allowed to abort their unborn baby because of congenital defects in the fetus, they were of course...]]></description></item><item><title>Surrogate Baby in Legal Limbo</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/surrogate-baby-in-legal-limbo</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/surrogate-baby-in-legal-limbo</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Ikufumi Yamada, 45, and his then-wife Yuki Yamada, 41, signed an agreement with Priti Patel, the surrogate mother, in November. But the couple divorced shortly before the baby was...]]></description></item><item><title>Marriage and Migration Lead to Disappearance of Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/marriage-and-migration-lead-to-disappearance-of-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/marriage-and-migration-lead-to-disappearance-of-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Underage marriages are not only a problem for the couples but also for their children, as stated in the Missing Children of the Prime Ministry’s Human Rights Presidency....]]></description></item><item><title>Child Dies, Agency Reviews</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/child-dies-agency-reviews</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:16:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/child-dies-agency-reviews</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A native family services agency is reviewing its records to determine whether it played a part in placing a seven-year-old Toronto girl in the care of the woman now charged in her slaying....]]></description></item><item><title>Call to Fight Trafficking of Unborn</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/call-to-fight-trafficking-of-unborn</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/call-to-fight-trafficking-of-unborn</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[John Pascoe today said pregnant women were being duped and coerced into travelling across borders before having their children taken from them. During a speech to the International Conference...]]></description></item><item><title>Church Won’t Change Stand on EVAT, Family Planning</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/-4583</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/-4583</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Don’t expect the Church’s position on crucial issues to change anytime soon. This was the message of Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales in an interview aired over Catholic radio...]]></description></item><item><title>Younger the Better, Think Indian Adoptive Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/younger-the-better-think-indian-adoptive-parents</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/younger-the-better-think-indian-adoptive-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Adoption has gained acceptance in Indian society in the past few years, but most couples still prefer infants. According to adoption agencies, children above the age of 3 find it difficult to...]]></description></item><item><title>Back Home after 8 Years</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/back-home-after-8-years</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/back-home-after-8-years</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When 19-year-old John Prabhanjan Garland is asked to speak in Oriya, he utters two words — bhata and bhai (rice and brother). His mother Karo is quick to his rescue and helps him speak a few more....]]></description></item><item><title>Toward a Better Life for Orphans, Vulnerable Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/toward-a-better-life-for-orphans-vulnerable-children</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/toward-a-better-life-for-orphans-vulnerable-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Recently, Nigeria joined the rest of Africa to mark June 16, the International Day of the African Child. The date was chosen to celebrate the African child following the massacre...]]></description></item><item><title>Special Needs Met by Unique Families</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/special-needs-met-by-unique-families</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:05:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/special-needs-met-by-unique-families</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[There are many stereotypes about the adoption process twhich agencies like Bethany Christian Services  addresses.One main misconception is that adoption agencies are...]]></description></item><item><title>Court Cancels Orphanage Licence</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/court-cancels-orphanage-licence</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/court-cancels-orphanage-licence</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The license of an orphanage, Bal Vihar, in Uttam Nagar, which was not recognised by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), was cancelled on Monday by the guardianship judge at Tis Hazari Court...]]></description></item><item><title>Gap-Year Mission to Find Baby Orphans for France</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/gap-year-mission-to-find-baby-orphans-for-france</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/gap-year-mission-to-find-baby-orphans-for-france</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[From building homes in shanty towns to helping to save rainforests, travelling to exotic locations for well-meaning projects has long been a gap-year rite of passage for many a 19-year-old. This year French...]]></description></item><item><title>Overseas Adoption Obstacles Reduced</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/overseas-adoption-obstacles-reduced</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/overseas-adoption-obstacles-reduced</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The agreement sets out a new division of responsibilities for governments and establishes two working groups to consider ways of harmonising laws, fees and assessment processes for...]]></description></item><item><title>Program Helps Parents Connect with Kids from Overseas</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/program-helps-parents-connect-with-kids-from-overseas</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/program-helps-parents-connect-with-kids-from-overseas</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Before leaving Colombia for a five-week stay with a host family in Hollis, three siblings used the Internet to find out what life in New Hampshire would be like. The children are used to...]]></description></item><item><title>Ban on City Adoption Centre Lifted</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/ban-on-city-adoption-centre-lifted</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/ban-on-city-adoption-centre-lifted</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Bombay high court has vacated the ban on adoptions imposed at Preet Mandir on April 26, 2007. The court, however, directed Preet Mandir to approach it for appropriate orders...]]></description></item><item><title>HC Vacates Stay on Foreign Adoptions from Preet Mandir</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/hc-vacates-stay-on-foreign-adoptions-from-preet-mandir</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:26:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/hc-vacates-stay-on-foreign-adoptions-from-preet-mandir</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Bombay High Court on Tuesday vacated the stay on foreign adoptions from Preet Mandir, an adoption centre in Pune, so that the children are not affected. NGOs Advait Foundation (AF) and Sakhee had...]]></description></item><item><title>Judges Rule Adoption Case a 'Disgrace'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/judges-rule-adoption-case-a-disgrace</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/judges-rule-adoption-case-a-disgrace</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Britain’s most senior family judge yesterday lifted a prohibition on the publication of details of a care proceedings case so that the public could form its own view of the behaviour of the local...]]></description></item><item><title>Times Wins Ruling over Secrecy of Family Court</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/times-wins-ruling-over-secrecy-of-family-court</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:32:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/times-wins-ruling-over-secrecy-of-family-court</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Details of private family court proceedings that led to a mother fleeing the country with her son after he was placed in foster care have been disclosed after legal action by The Times....]]></description></item><item><title>The Hague Adoption Convention: New Procedures &amp; How It Effects Parents Adopting Internationally</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/the-hague-adoption-convention-new-procedures-how-it-effects-parents-adopting-internationally</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:03:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/the-hague-adoption-convention-new-procedures-how-it-effects-parents-adopting-internationally</guid><author>zookeeper99</author><description><![CDATA[Changes in the forms and procedures for foreign adoptions took affect April 1, 2008, brought about by the Hague Adoption Convention.]]></description></item><item><title>Families from Afar</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/families-from-afar</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/families-from-afar</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Sue and David Donnan set out to adopt a child from Ethiopia 13 years ago, it was three years before they held that baby in their arms. Sue said overseas adoption had always been...]]></description></item><item><title>In the Name of Their Fathers</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/in-the-name-of-their-fathers</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/in-the-name-of-their-fathers</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[I wonder what is it about us as a society these days when common sense has now become less commonplace? Once upon a time we trusted ourselves, in our instincts and in our own values to do the right thing....]]></description></item><item><title>Babies for Sale</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/babies-for-sale-1</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/babies-for-sale-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The rising cases of trading in babies in the country should disturb any sane mind. The discoveries by security agents of a booming baby-selling business across the country, particularly in...]]></description></item><item><title>European Orphans Visiting Carroll</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/european-orphans-visiting-carroll</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/european-orphans-visiting-carroll</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It’s not because he’s studying for a big test or likes to write things down. It’s because he is hosting Yelia, a 12-year-old orphan from Russia, in his New Windsor home this month....]]></description></item><item><title>300 Infants Illegally Put Up for Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/300-infants-illegally-put-up-for-adoption</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:15:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/300-infants-illegally-put-up-for-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Around 300 under five-year-olds have allegedly been falsely put up for adoption abroad in the northern province of Nam Dinh since 2006, provincial police reported. The heads of two communal...]]></description></item><item><title>Agencies Seek to Protect Myanmar Cyclone Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/agencies-seek-to-protect-myanmar-cyclone-orphans</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/agencies-seek-to-protect-myanmar-cyclone-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Now, 12-year-old Twe Zin Win must try to play the role of mother. Every night, she lulls her little twin sisters to sleep with a soothing lullaby their mother once sang them — before the...]]></description></item><item><title>Repeat TB Test Urged for Kids Adopted from Overseas</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/repeat-tb-test-urged-for-kids-adopted-from-overseas</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/repeat-tb-test-urged-for-kids-adopted-from-overseas</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Children adopted from overseas may harbor tuberculosis infection even if they test negative for TB upon arriving on US soil, a new report warns. "It's important to get that repeat...]]></description></item><item><title>New Ruling Will Make People Adopt Via Illegal Means</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/new-ruling-will-make-people-adopt-via-illegal-means</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/new-ruling-will-make-people-adopt-via-illegal-means</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The ruling that prohibits adopted Muslim children from carrying their adoptive fathers' names will only encourage people to seek out illegal channels. An adoptive mother, who declined to be named...]]></description></item><item><title>Husband-Wife Team Saves Unwanted Babies</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/husband-wife-team-saves-unwanted-babies</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/husband-wife-team-saves-unwanted-babies</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Tiny, pink, and asleep in the arms of an orphanage worker, Amna didn't know she had survived being abandoned two days earlier in one of the world's grittiest cities. Nurses had found her crying...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption in Korea, Revisited</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adoption-in-korea-revisited</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adoption-in-korea-revisited</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Korea celebrated its third Adoption Day on May 11, 2008. The date itself conveys a special message; May is considered family month in Korea, and the 11th was selected in the meaning of one...]]></description></item><item><title>Scramble to Adopt Abandoned Newborn</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/scramble-to-adopt-abandoned-newborn</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/scramble-to-adopt-abandoned-newborn</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Barely out of the protective cocoon of its mother's womb, the hapless child was ruthlessly abandoned by those responsible for it and left to destiny. Attached to the once-lifeline-now-rendered-useless...]]></description></item><item><title>Intl. Adoption Group Helps Find Homes for Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/intl-adoption-group-helps-find-homes-for-orphans</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/intl-adoption-group-helps-find-homes-for-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[UNICEF estimates there are as many as 133 million orphans worldwide. It's usually much harder to find adoptive parents for the older orphans, but one group is taking on the challenge, trying to...]]></description></item><item><title>A Loving Home for Little Daniel</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/a-loving-home-for-little-daniel</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:42:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/a-loving-home-for-little-daniel</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Aberdare couple Trevor and Melanie Rees have arrived home from “a very emotional trip” to Ethiopia with a new addition to their family, a son named Daniel. Trevor and Melanie were...]]></description></item><item><title>Miles from Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/miles-from-home</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/miles-from-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The months keep rolling by, but the miles from home stay the same for Karla Brendler and her adoptive daughter, Madison. The Horace Mann Elementary teacher has been in Vietnam, about 8,600...]]></description></item><item><title>Safe Havens for Newborns</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/safe-havens-for-newborns</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/safe-havens-for-newborns</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Pregnancy is a scary experience for any unwed mother, but more so for a teenager. In dealing with feelings of fear, anger, disappointment and confusion, many pregnant teenagers...]]></description></item><item><title>Race Dilemma at the Heart of Our Adoption Crisis</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/race-dilemma-at-the-heart-of-our-adoption-crisis</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/race-dilemma-at-the-heart-of-our-adoption-crisis</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Fiona Graham is white, but she has been racially abused when out with her children over the past few years. 'They don't shout at the kids, but there have been a few choice things said to me,' she says....]]></description></item><item><title>Social Workers Urged to be 'Flexible' on Ethnic Minority Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/social-workers-urged-to-be-flexible-on-ethnic-minority-adoptions</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:44:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/social-workers-urged-to-be-flexible-on-ethnic-minority-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) is concerned that too many ethnic minority children are left in care homes or with temporary foster families while social workers...]]></description></item><item><title>Paedophile Adoption: Change in Law Needed</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/paedophile-adoption-change-in-law-needed</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/paedophile-adoption-change-in-law-needed</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Attorney General of Portugal, Pinto Monteiro has assured the public that “to my knowledge it has not happened, although it could hypothetically happen in Portugal.” It has been...]]></description></item><item><title>International Adoption Becoming Difficult Amid Treaties, Regulation</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/international-adoption-becoming-difficult-amid-treaties-regulation</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:32:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/international-adoption-becoming-difficult-amid-treaties-regulation</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Since the early '90s, Americans have adopted more and more children from overseas. In fact, international adoptions in the U.S. have tripled over that time, to more than 20,000 a year....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Complex in World of Reality</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adoption-complex-in-world-of-reality</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adoption-complex-in-world-of-reality</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[I, like many in the international adoption community, was offended by Mike Seate's column last week that categorized Asian adoptees as a "must-have fashion accessory for upper...]]></description></item><item><title>Making a Case for the Kenyan Child</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/making-a-case-for-the-kenyan-child</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/making-a-case-for-the-kenyan-child</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The well being of children is an issue close to Leah Ambwaya’s accommodating heart. As the Executive Director of the Childlife Trust, hers has become a household name among...]]></description></item><item><title>Livermore Girl Spends Break on Relief Mission to Vietnam</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/livermore-girl-spends-break-on-relief-mission-to-vietnam</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/livermore-girl-spends-break-on-relief-mission-to-vietnam</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Not too many Tri-Valley seventh-graders took a trip halfway around the world to an exotic, tropical country for spring break this year. For months, Cynthia Hansen, a 13-year-old student...]]></description></item><item><title>Ethiopian Orphans Together Again</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/ethiopian-orphans-together-again</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:04:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/ethiopian-orphans-together-again</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Billy and Trish Devany visited an Ethiopian orphanage in May 2006 to adopt their new son, Yosef, they made a promise they weren't sure they could keep. They assured Yosef's friend Mahari that he...]]></description></item><item><title>Senate Paves Way for Surrogate Mother Laws</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/senate-paves-way-for-surrogate-mother-laws</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:58:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/senate-paves-way-for-surrogate-mother-laws</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The French Senate revealed Wednesday the contents of a closed-door hearing to propose guidelines pertaining to the legality of surrogate mothers, a practice that was banned in France...]]></description></item><item><title>Abandoned Frankfort Boy Could Be Adopted in Months</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/abandoned-frankfort-boy-could-be-adopted-in-months</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:04:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/abandoned-frankfort-boy-could-be-adopted-in-months</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Frankfort Police have had many families contact them wanting to do something to help Martin, including welcoming him into their own homes.  But the two-year-old Guatemalan boy must remain in...]]></description></item><item><title>Barriers to Foreign Adoption Rise</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/barriers-to-foreign-adoption-rise</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:59:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/barriers-to-foreign-adoption-rise</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Countries that were once mainstays for foreigners looking to adopt are starting to cut back on the practice, meaning heartbreak for prospective parents and hard times for adoption...]]></description></item><item><title>Abortion Better than Adoption says European Parliamentary Assembly Proposal</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/abortion-better-than-adoption-says-european-parliamentary-assembly-proposal</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:40:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/abortion-better-than-adoption-says-european-parliamentary-assembly-proposal</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The UK's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned that an initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will bring the EU closer to...]]></description></item><item><title>Irish Ban on Unmarried Adoption Unlawful</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/irish-ban-on-unmarried-adoption-unlawful</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/irish-ban-on-unmarried-adoption-unlawful</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Regulations governing the adoption of children in Northern Ireland which prevented the consideration of an unmarried couple as potential adoptive parents were in breach of the couple’s rights to a...]]></description></item><item><title>Thousands of Poor Children Orphaned</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/thousands-of-poor-children-orphaned</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/thousands-of-poor-children-orphaned</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead.His mom and dad, he quietly explained as he stared at the ground...]]></description></item><item><title>Adopting Asian Kids Becoming Latest Fad</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adopting-asian-kids-becoming-latest-fad</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/adopting-asian-kids-becoming-latest-fad</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Though I may not be ready for sainthood, I am owed some accolades for having sat through not one, but two, chick flicks with my wife in as many weekends. Few experiences are as emasculating and...]]></description></item><item><title>The Heinous Trade in Babies</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/the-heinous-trade-in-babies</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/the-heinous-trade-in-babies</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The recent arrest of a medical doctor identified as Kenneth Akunne in Enugu, for child breeding for sale, is an embarrassing dimension to the increasing reports of trafficking in babies...]]></description></item><item><title>Book on International Adoption Puts the Adoptee in Control</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/book-on-international-adoption-puts-the-adoptee-in-control</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/book-on-international-adoption-puts-the-adoptee-in-control</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[“What if … instead of an orphanage where kids without families live, there was an orphanage where all the moms who want kids live?  They would stay there until a kid visits the Mommy Orphanage...]]></description></item><item><title>Review of Child Adoption Law Underway</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/review-of-child-adoption-law-underway</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/review-of-child-adoption-law-underway</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Health and Human Services has conducted a comprehensive review of the current adoption legislation with assistance from overseas consultant and regional legal expert Dr Winston McCalla....]]></description></item><item><title>Unmarried Couples in N. Ireland Can't Be Barred</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/unmarried-couples-in-n-ireland-cant-be-barred</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:30:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/unmarried-couples-in-n-ireland-cant-be-barred</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Unmarried couples in Northern Ireland cannot be barred from applying to adopt children, a British tribunal ruled Wednesday. The woman in the case was the biological mother of the child, but her...]]></description></item><item><title>Minimum Standards Set for Operating Orphanages</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/minimum-standards-set-for-operating-orphanages</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:22:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/minimum-standards-set-for-operating-orphanages</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For the first time in Guyana, managers of orphanages would have regulations to comply with as the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has set out some 25 standards in a booklet....]]></description></item><item><title>Venezuela Launches New Social Program for Poor Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/venezuela-launches-new-social-program-for-poor-children</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/venezuela-launches-new-social-program-for-poor-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced the creation of a new social program, known as a “mission,” which will provide treatment and rehabilitation to children in situations of drug and alcohol...]]></description></item><item><title>No More Vietnamese Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/no-more-vietnamese-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/no-more-vietnamese-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In the past two years, hundreds of Vietnamese orphans have been given happy homes by American families. But in two weeks, that adoption process will end. Eighteen-month-old Tiffany is adjusting...]]></description></item><item><title>2007 Sees Second Highest Number of Abortions in New Zealand</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/2007-sees-second-highest-number-of-abortions-in-new-zealand</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/2007-sees-second-highest-number-of-abortions-in-new-zealand</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Recent abortion statistics for New Zealand reveal that 18,380 abortions were reported for 2007. This is the second highest number of abortions annually reported in New Zealand and 450 more abortions...]]></description></item><item><title>Ukraine Orphan Hosting Program</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/ukraine-orphan-hosting-program</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:29:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/ukraine-orphan-hosting-program</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For the fourth time in two years, a group of young orphans from the Ukraine will be visiting fort wayne. Hands of Hope sponsors an orphan hosting program where young children come...]]></description></item><item><title>Rwanda Moves to Limit Family Size</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/rwanda-moves-to-limit-family-size</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:23:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/rwanda-moves-to-limit-family-size</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Rwanda is planning to limit couples to no more than three children because of rising poverty in Africa's most densely populated country. The country has one of the world's highest birth rates....]]></description></item><item><title>International Adoption Topic of Upcoming Talk</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/international-adoption-topic-of-upcoming-talk</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:20:11 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/international-adoption-topic-of-upcoming-talk</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[With rules and protocol on international adoptions shifting, a talk this week in Des Plaines will help those contemplating adoption. Judy Stigger, director of international adoption at...]]></description></item><item><title>DCI/PS Calls on EU to Raise Child Rights Issues with Israel</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/dcips-calls-on-eu-to-raise-child-rights-issues-with-israel</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:14:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/dcips-calls-on-eu-to-raise-child-rights-issues-with-israel</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On the occasion of the meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council today, 16 June 2008, in which EU Foreign Ministers are meeting their Israeli counterpart Tzipi Livni in Luxembourg...]]></description></item><item><title>New Language, New Culture, New Family</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/new-language-new-culture-new-family</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:52:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/new-language-new-culture-new-family</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the Kerley household, like most family homes, was abuzz with work and play. Erin Kerley, 32, cleaned the bathroom, while her husband, Rob Kerley, 33, tried to keep the...]]></description></item><item><title>Pondy Baby Girl May Get Chennai Mom</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/pondy-baby-girl-may-get-chennai-mom</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:27:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/pondy-baby-girl-may-get-chennai-mom</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A day after this website's News paper reported the child swapping story in which a girl child was deserted by her mother, good luck seemed to dawn on the baby. A childless couple from neighbouring...]]></description></item><item><title>Raising Children Behind Bars</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/raising-children-behind-bars</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:10:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/raising-children-behind-bars</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Soledad Acevedo was an 18-year-old mother of two eking out a living by means of menial casual work in 2002 when she was sent to prison in the Argentina province of Buenos Aires...]]></description></item><item><title>Saving Estonia's Abused Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/saving-estonias-abused-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:21:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/saving-estonias-abused-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Kadi Tuusk lived in a poor suburb on the outskirts of town. She was a bright girl who did well in school. She went to Sunday school on a regular basis, not because she believed in God...]]></description></item><item><title>State Grows Up in Looking After Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/state-grows-up-in-looking-after-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:08:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/state-grows-up-in-looking-after-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Romania used to be infamous for its nightmarish orphanages. Since 2001, however, the national system of care for vulnerable children has been undergoing a successful reform process....]]></description></item><item><title>Nigeria: Infants for Sale</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/nigeria-infants-for-sale</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:54:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/nigeria-infants-for-sale</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In the past few days, the police have announced the discovery of illegal maternity homes, which are also used for trafficking in newborn babies, in Abia and Enugu states. The homes operate in the same way...]]></description></item><item><title>Fatehgarh Sahib Couple Adopts a Newly Born Girl Infant</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/fatehgarh-sahib-couple-adopts-a-newly-born-girl-infant</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:20:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/fatehgarh-sahib-couple-adopts-a-newly-born-girl-infant</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Though the district Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab has earned a dubious distinction in the country due to lowest sex ration in the country and it is general presumption that residents of the...]]></description></item><item><title>Around 200 Nepalese Kids Adopted By Foreigners</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/around-200-nepalese-kids-adopted-by-foreigners</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:20:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/InternationalAdoption/around-200-nepalese-kids-adopted-by-foreigners</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The practice of sending orphans or abandoned children abroad for adoption has increased with the growing trend of foreigners adopting the orphaned and destitute children. 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