<?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>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:19:46 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:19:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>International Adoption- Russia: Information and Requirements for Adoptive Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/international-adoption-russia-information-and-requirements-for-adoptive-parents</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:03:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/international-adoption-russia-information-and-requirements-for-adoptive-parents</guid><author>zookeeper99</author><description><![CDATA[Russia is a popular choice among Americans looking to adopt internationally. In 2007, 2,310 Russian orphan adoptions took place in the United States.]]></description></item><item><title>Russian Education, Science Ministry to Look into Death of Boy Adopted to U.S.</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-education-science-ministry-to-look-into-death-of-boy-adopted-to-us</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-education-science-ministry-to-look-into-death-of-boy-adopted-to-us</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Russian Education and Science Ministry is determined to thoroughly look into all circumstances surrounding the death of 1.5-year-old Dima Yakovlev, a Russian boy recently adopted by a...]]></description></item><item><title>U.S.-Russian Tensions Rise over Infant's Death</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/us-russian-tensions-rise-over-infants-death</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:50:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/us-russian-tensions-rise-over-infants-death</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The death of a Russian-born baby in the hands of his Purcellville adoptive father last week is sparking international strife between the child’s former country and the United States over...]]></description></item><item><title>Russia Bans 3 Adoption Agencies Following Baby's Death in U.S.</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russia-bans-3-adoption-agencies-following-babys-death-in-us</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russia-bans-3-adoption-agencies-following-babys-death-in-us</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Three international adoption agencies, including one that failed to inform Russia of the death of a baby in the U.S. this week, have been banned from operating in Russia, the country's...]]></description></item><item><title>New Citizens Thrilled to Be Americans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/new-citizens-thrilled-to-be-americans</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/new-citizens-thrilled-to-be-americans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Since 2000, Roxanne and Robert Booms of Lake City had been assured the three Russian children they adopted would automatically be considered United States citizens. And that's exactly what...]]></description></item><item><title>Russian Orphans Arrive in Iowa Looking for Families</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-orphans-arrive-in-iowa-looking-for-families</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:48:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-orphans-arrive-in-iowa-looking-for-families</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Eight Russian orphans will arrive in central Iowa today for a weeklong stay that might conclude with them finding families here to adopt them. The children range in age from seven to 13 and...]]></description></item><item><title>Linking Orphans to Would-Be Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/linking-orphans-to-would-be-parents</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:39:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/linking-orphans-to-would-be-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Moscow Region has launched a project entitled Video­pasport Rebyonka (Child Videopassport), Timur Kizyakov, one of the project's creators, told journalists at a press conference last week....]]></description></item><item><title>8 Carry a Hope of Being Adopted</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/8-carry-a-hope-of-being-adopted</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:02:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/8-carry-a-hope-of-being-adopted</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[To learn how Camp Hope changed Anne and John Nieland's lives, just look at her basketball shoes. Or his remote-control car. Both purchases were inspired by their sons, Tom, 13, and Max, 11...]]></description></item><item><title>FH Northern's Ervin Thrives after Russian Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/fh-northerns-ervin-thrives-after-russian-adoption</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/fh-northerns-ervin-thrives-after-russian-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When the Forest Hills Northern girls' 3,200-meter relay team, racing from the 26th-place seed, rushed to a sixth-place finish at last weekend's state finals -- and then when the team...]]></description></item><item><title>Touched By A Tragedy</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/touched-by-a-tragedy</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/touched-by-a-tragedy</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[This blog is usually reserved for topics concerning the Panthers and the NFL. Today, however, I want to share something with you that has nothing to do with football. Shortly after awakening this morning...]]></description></item><item><title>Eagle County: Adopting a Culture</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/eagle-county-adopting-a-culture</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:27:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/eagle-county-adopting-a-culture</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Life would have been vastly different for 9-year-old Nicole Gustafson if she had grown up in the rural village in China where she was born. Instead, the Edwards third grader...]]></description></item><item><title>South Florida Hosts Hope</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/south-florida-hosts-hope</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 14:19:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/south-florida-hosts-hope</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Two local women have opened up their hearts, and they’re hoping other families in Southwest Florida will, too. Today approximately 700,000 Russian orphans are living in government run facilities....]]></description></item><item><title>Russian Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-orphans-1</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:28:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-orphans-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[According to data from the Health and Social Development Ministry, more than 730,000 children in Russia either have no parents or have been abandoned by their parents. About 200,000 of them live...]]></description></item><item><title>From Russia with Love</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/from-russia-with-love</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:36:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/from-russia-with-love</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jan Scholl and Katya Lyzhina have told the story of how Katya came to live with Jan so many times that when one drops a thread the other immediately picks it up. Lyzhina was an 11-year-old...]]></description></item><item><title>Mom Says God Led Her to Russia for Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/mom-says-god-led-her-to-russia-for-children</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:37:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/mom-says-god-led-her-to-russia-for-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Gina Major-Ackerman receives calls from people all over the country asking her the story of how she became a mother. That’s because almost eight years ago she and her husband, Bill Ackerman...]]></description></item><item><title>When I Saw Alan, it was Love at First Sight</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/when-i-saw-alan-it-was-love-at-first-sight</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:05:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/when-i-saw-alan-it-was-love-at-first-sight</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For adoptive parents, the road to becoming a family is stressful, expensive and achingly long. In Ireland, it's considerably longer than other countries, with parents having...]]></description></item><item><title>Russian MPs Promise Easier Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-mps-promise-easier-adoption</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:56:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-mps-promise-easier-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Russian MPs are considering ways of making it easier to adopt children, so more families can take orphans and abandoned children. Complex legal procedures currently put off many prospective adopters....]]></description></item><item><title>Brooklyn Couple Plans to Adopt Four Russian Siblings</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/brooklyn-couple-plans-to-adopt-four-russian-siblings</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:13:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/brooklyn-couple-plans-to-adopt-four-russian-siblings</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Jeff and Camille Klahn told their son they wanted to adopt two more children, he asked for several siblings so he'd have "enough for a team." Turns out 9-year-old Joshua is getting...]]></description></item><item><title>Russia Destroys its Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russia-destroys-its-children</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:06:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russia-destroys-its-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Of all the criticisms that can be made of Vladimir Putin's Russia, by far the most damning is its failure to carry out the basic biological function of population replacement....]]></description></item><item><title>U.S. Baby Death Threatens Russian Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/us-baby-death-threatens-russian-adoption</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:13:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/us-baby-death-threatens-russian-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[An American couple, who adopted a Russian baby who then died, are facing murder and child abuse charges. The 14-month-old’s skull was fractured. Another Russian child, 3-year-old Kolya, who was in...]]></description></item><item><title>Almost 120,000 Russian Orphans Adopted Last Year</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/almost-120-000-russian-orphans-adopted-last-year</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/almost-120-000-russian-orphans-adopted-last-year</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Some 120,000 Russian orphans were adopted both in Russia and abroad in 2007, a 6.4% increase from 2006, an official with Russia's Science and Education Ministry said on Friday....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Has Been 'Long Three-Year Journey'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/adoption-has-been-long-three-year-journey</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:45:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/adoption-has-been-long-three-year-journey</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[After several years of trying to start a family, Chris Karns, a St. Lucie County firefighter, and his wife, Becky, left Monday for Russia to meet two little boys who may soon become their own....]]></description></item><item><title>Problems after Adopting Two Brothers from Russia</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/problems-after-adopting-two-brothers-from-russia</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:46:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/problems-after-adopting-two-brothers-from-russia</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[About the time the youngest of the Umatilla couple's three daughters turned 6, the pair decided that adding more kids to the family would be really neat. They're not people who have expensive...]]></description></item><item><title>40,000 Russian Adoptees in America</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/40-000-russian-adoptees-in-america</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/40-000-russian-adoptees-in-america</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Russia is seeking to regulate and improve the complicated international adoption process. There are many reasons why foreigners adopt Russian children. And while readers of this newspaper may easily...]]></description></item><item><title>Russian Orphans Visit Prospective Families in Wausau</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-orphans-visit-prospective-families-in-wausau</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:06:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-orphans-visit-prospective-families-in-wausau</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Some local couples will open their homes this month to children currently living in orphanages in Chuvashia, Russia, east of Moscow. It's the first time The Russian Orphan Lighthouse Project...]]></description></item><item><title>Family Seeking Financial Help to Adopt Child</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/family-seeking-financial-help-to-adopt-child</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:47:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/family-seeking-financial-help-to-adopt-child</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When the Dueck family adopted Kristina in 2005 from Russia, they had to come up with $35,000 to cover all the costs. And now, a strong friendship between their adopted daughter and a girl still in...]]></description></item><item><title>‘Russian Moms’ Write of Joys of Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/-1452</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:09:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/-1452</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Amy D’Elia of Gaithersburg looked for books about adoption for her Eastern European-born children, she found none just right for her family. She talked with a friend who had experienced...]]></description></item><item><title>Russian Adoptee Beats the Odds, Builds a Future</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-adoptee-beats-the-odds-builds-a-future</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:50:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-adoptee-beats-the-odds-builds-a-future</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Forced to fend for himself when his parents were no longer up for the challenge, Pvt. Dimitri Johnston, Platoon 3254, Company L, was exposed to the horrors of the world at a young age....]]></description></item><item><title>Christians Needed for Russian Orphans</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/christians-needed-for-russian-orphans</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:06:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/christians-needed-for-russian-orphans</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In Russia today 750,000 children are considered orphans. These are children who have either been totally abandoned at birth, their parents have died, parental rights have been terminated, or parents...]]></description></item><item><title>Heart and Home</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/heart-and-home</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:40:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/heart-and-home</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[It’s a quarter to nine in the evening, and Krista Nichols has just finished putting her last baby to bed. She meant to get two-year-old Miriam into her pajamas, with her teeth...]]></description></item><item><title>Twenty is Enough</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/twenty-is-enough</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:19:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/twenty-is-enough</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Before they sit down to dinner today, Mike and Meg King will take a moment to give thanks for their children. Olivia, Claire, Sara-Grace, Natalie, Jessica, Jack, Mark, Liz-Marie, Molly...]]></description></item><item><title>Couple Find Blessings through Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/couple-find-blessings-through-adoption</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:28:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/couple-find-blessings-through-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Bob and Jennifer Dunlap of Milan have found happiness through adoption —four times over, as they share their story during National Adoption Month. The Dunlaps, who will celebrate their 11th wedding...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Agency at Center of Investigation</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/adoption-agency-at-center-of-investigation</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:50:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/adoption-agency-at-center-of-investigation</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Children's Hope International of Maryland Heights specializes in foreign adoptions, and has helped more than 700 families in the last year. Now, law enforcement officers are investigating the...]]></description></item><item><title>Russian Delegation Visits Local Agency</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-delegation-visits-local-agency</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:29:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/russian-delegation-visits-local-agency</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A group of 10 Russian adoption officials recently attended a reception held by MAPS Adoption and Humanitarian Aid to learn more about the services available to Russian children adopted to the U.S....]]></description></item><item><title>A Home for Children Who Had Nothing</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/a-home-for-children-who-had-nothing</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:04:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/a-home-for-children-who-had-nothing</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Back in their native countries, the future didn’t look very bright for Craig and Colson, two young boys living in orphanages, Craig in Russia and Colson in India. Without someone to adopt them...]]></description></item><item><title>He's from Russia, with (game) Love</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/hes-from-russia-with-game-love</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:05:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/hes-from-russia-with-game-love</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Michael Coborn's passion is soccer. He loves it and thrives playing it. <br />Playing soccer is among the St. Cloud Cathedral soccer star's earliest memories and one of the links to his childhood growing up in an...]]></description></item><item><title>To Russia Annually, with Love</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/to-russia-annually-with-love</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:05:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/to-russia-annually-with-love</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Terry Murray held orphaned babies last year at the Abandoned Children's Hospital in Pskov, Russia, they were empty-eyed, lethargic. "There was nothing going on, nothing at all,"...]]></description></item><item><title>To Pskov, with Love</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/to-pskov-with-love</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:51:49 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/RussiaAdoption/to-pskov-with-love</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[When Senate President Therese Murray first visited Russia a decade ago, travel accommodations were difficult, if not unhealthy. Murray spent six and a half hours in a smoke-filled, windowless van on the final...]]></description></item></channel></rss>