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  • June 2008

    • Breastfeeding Officer Sparks Debate in China

      Reuters  |  Jun 22, 08 5:44 PM CDT

      Breastfeeding Officer Sparks Debate in China

      (Newser) - A policewoman has sparked debate in Beijing after breastfeeding nine orphaned babies during last month's earthquake, Reuters reports. Officials have promoted Jiang Xiaojuan, 30, calling her "hero and model police officer," but others argue that merit, not deeds, should lead to promotion. Xiaojuan left her baby at home to help with disaster relief and earned the press nickname "police mum." More »

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      China  • China earthquake  • Sichuan province  • breast feeding  • orphans  • promotion  • policewomen

  • April 2008
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  • February 2008

    • Fighting Scars Smallest Kenyans

      BBC  |  Feb 3, 08 3:43 PM CST

      Fighting Scars Smallest Kenyans

      (Newser) - The violence in Kenya is separating droves of children from their parents—sometimes forever, the BBC reports. One Nairobi orphanage is currently hosting 60 displaced children; some wait for their parents to find them, but most know their mothers and fathers are already dead. "It's been a traumatizing experience for them," says one Red Cross activist. More »

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      children  • Kenya  • ethnic violence  • orphans  • orphanage

  • December 2007

    • Chad 'Kidnappers' in France

      Reuters  |  Dec 28, 07 4:55 PM CST

      Chad 'Kidnappers' in France

      (Newser) - Six charity workers convicted of kidnapping children in Chad arrived today in their native France, where they are expected to serve out 8-year sentences, Reuters reports. The six, employees of humanitarian group Zoe’s Ark, will meet with a prosecutor to decide their prison placement. By serving their sentences in France, they swapped a Chadian court’s sentence of hard labor for jail time. More »

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      Darfur  • adoption  • Chad  • orphans  • Zoe's Ark

  • November 2007

    • 7 Freed in Chad Kidnap Case

      Associated Press  |  Nov 4, 07 8:23 AM CST

      7 Freed in Chad Kidnap Case

      (Newser) - Three French journalists and four Spanish flight attendants have been released in a bizarre alleged kidnapping case in Chad shortly after French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived to mediate. Still detained are members of French charity organization Zoe's Ark that attempted to airlift to France 103 African children they claimed were orphans. "It's over; they're free," said an attorney for the seven released. More »

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      Nicolas Sarkozy  • Chad  • orphans

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