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NEWS ABOUT: orphanage

orphanage stories: 6 news summaries

 Elton Aims 
 to Adopt 
 'Heart-Stealing' 
 Ukraine Orphan 

Singer changes his mind about starting a family

Sep 13, 09 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pop king Elton John has fallen in love with a 14-month-old orphan and wants to adopt the little Ukrainian boy, reports BBC.The music man's partner, David Furnish, has long wanted a family, but John, 62, feared his age and their rock-'n-roll lifestyle would be unfair to a child. But... More »

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Elton John • Ukraine • orphan • orphanage

 Malawi Court Blocks 
 Madonna Adoption 

Judge cites requirement that prospective parents live in Malawi for 18 months

Apr 3, 09 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Malawi court has rejected a bid by Madonna to adopt another local child, reports the Times of London. The judge cited a requirement that prospective adoptive parents live in Malawi at least 18 months, according to AP. The rule was waived when the singer adopted son David Banda. This... More »

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adoption • Malawi • orphan • Madonna • orphanage • David Banda

 Iraq Takes Down 
 Shoe Sculpture 

Government rejects monument's 'political motives'

Jan 30, 09 3:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The large, shoe-shaped sculpture made to honor an Iraqi journalist’s gesture of defiance against former President Bush was removed from the garden of a Tikrit orphanage just a day after it was put up, CNN reports. The government requested the removal, and sent police to supervise. “We will... More »

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Iraq • shoes • sculpture • Tikrit • orphanage • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

UK Cops Helped Cover Up Sex Abuse at Orphanage

Briton who ran Albanian facility found guilty of sex with minors; two others on trial

Nov 20, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - UK police helped cover up sexual abuse at an orphanage in Albania run by a Briton, the Guardian reports after investigating the scandal. The shelter’s director, 57-year-old David Brown, was convicted yesterday and sentenced to 20 years in an Albanian jail. British police were tipped off in 2004, but... More »

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pedophile • sexual abuse • Albania • Britain • orphanage

 Malawi Judge OKs
 Madonna Adoption 

Addition of David, 2, marred by charges
pop queen bent laws

May 28, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna has official custody of a Malawian boy after nearly 2 years of wrangling, a judge in the African nation ruled today. Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have been taking care of 2-year-old David in London since meeting him in an orphanage in 2006, the AP reports. Critics railed at... More »

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adoption • Malawi • Madonna • orphanage • Guy Ritchie

Fighting Scars Smallest Kenyans

Kids witness parents' death in ethnic clashes

Feb 3, 08 3:43 PM CST
(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... More »

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Kenya • children • orphan • ethnic violence • orphanage

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