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adoption stories: 74 news summaries

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 Like eHarmony, Only for Kitties 

Shelters using Feline-ality program to match cats to owners

May 17, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - There's no shortage of dating websites that use personality profiles to come up with "scores" and assess compatibility; now, the AP reports, animal shelters are using a similar program to help pair famously fickle felines with owners. Some 45 facilities use Feline-ality, which assigns cats colorful personality types: leader... More »

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pets • adoption • personality • cat • animal • ASPCA • personality test

 Adopted Kids More Likely
 to Have Social Problems 

But overall numbers still small, study finds

May 6, 08 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Adopted children are twice as likely as biological offspring to develop mental-health disorders in adolescence, but rates are low overall, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. International adoptees in a group of more than 1,200 Minnesota residents had lower overall rates of the conditions than American-born children, but they were... More »

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adoption • parenting • psychiatric disorders

 Guatemala Suspends Adoptions 

Most babies going to US parents

May 6, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guatemala has suspended roughly 2,300 adoptions in an effort to prevent fraud, the BBC reports. The hold-up, for at least a month, will allow authorities to verify—using DNA testing if necessary—that each child is a legitimate candidate. Charges of baby-snatching and other fraud have prompted a crackdown... More »

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adoption • Guatemala • foreign adoptions • baby selling

 Vietnamese Babies 'Sold to US' 

Embassy probe finds fraud, bribery

Apr 25, 08 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - US adoptions of Vietnamese children are tainted by bribery, kidnapping and baby-selling, according to an investigation by the US Embassy. The report, obtained by AP, discovered that one hospital sold a baby whose mother couldn't pay her medical bills. US couples—including Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt—have adopted more... More »

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China • Angelina Jolie • adoption • Vietnam • kidnapping • bribery • US Embassy • foreign adoptions • baby selling • Holt International Children's Services • Orphans Overseas

Argentina Baby Snatch Witness Dies in Trial

Possibly killed before could talk about Dirty War disappearances

Feb 27, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Days before he was to testify about the Dirty War disappearance of twins born to a political prisoner, a former Argentine army officer has been found dead of a gunshot wound to the head, the BBC reports. Police don't know if Paul Navone committed suicide but human rights groups think... More »

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adoption • kidnapping • Argentina • political prisoner • Dirty War • dissidents • military junta • Paul Navone • La Guerra Sucia • baby snatching

Juno Barbs Prompt Protests

Adoptive parents hurt by 'iPod scene'

Feb 14, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Angry viewers are lobbying to axe "hurtful" lines from the trailer of quirky adoption flick Juno before showing it at the Oscars, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The offending scene—televised at the Golden Globes—has the title character quipping the Chinese "give away babies like free... More »

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China • adoption • Oprah Winfrey • protests • Jennifer Garner • foreign adoptions • Diablo Cody • Juno • Golden Globes • Ellen Page • offensive • Jason Reitman • Oscars

Gay Couples
Hit New Stage: Grandparents

Some out and proud, others fear damaging relations with the kids

Feb 7, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A t-shirt slogan—"I love my trailblazing, woman-loving, out and proud grandma"—is proof: A growing demographic of gay couples who had kids in the 1970s are now grandparents. Gay-rights groups tell the Philadelphia Inquirer that such role models show kids how the world can change. "People... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • adoption • children • grandparents • LGBT

Chad 'Kidnappers' in France

Aid workers will serve out Chadian sentences in homeland

Dec 28, 07 4:55 PM CST
(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... More »

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Darfur • Chad • adoption • France • orphan • Zoe's Ark

Foreign Adoptions
Down 15%

US families adopt fewer kids abroad due to
strict new policies

Dec 2, 07 5:11 AM CST
(Newser) - US adoptions from abroad have sunk for the third straight year, mostly because China and Russia have tougher policies, AP reports. A drop in adoptions from Haiti and South Korea have also added to the 15% decline since 2004. But a spike in adoptions from Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Vietnam have... More »

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China • Russia • adoption • Vietnam • South Korea • Ethiopia • Haiti • baby • Guatemala • foreign adoptions

Jolie's African Child Conceived in Rape, Mom Reveals

Says Zahara's lucky
to be with actress

Nov 21, 07 2:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The sickly Ethiopian baby adopted by actress Angelina Jolie was conceived after a knife-point rape, revealed the child's biological mother, Mentwabe Dawit, who said she's happy her daughter has found a good home. Her attacker "pulled a dagger, put one hand on my mouth so that I could not... More »

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Angelina Jolie • adoption • Ethiopia • rape • Zahara • Awasa • Mentwabe Dawit • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt

3,700 Adoptions in Limbo

System is so speedy it's wide open to abuse, critics say

Nov 20, 07 5:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of Americans are caught in heartbreaking limbo as Guatemala debates new rules for its adoption system, the AP reports. US families await 3,700 kids, but Guatemala wants to regulate what many call a crime-ridden $100 million business that includes coercion and kidnapping. The US has asked for current... More »

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adoption • kidnapping • children • baby • coercion • Guatemala

6 Charged in Darfur 'Kidnapping'

French nationals attempting to rescue children charged with kidnapping

Oct 30, 07 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six French nationals who attempted to fly children from Chad to France for adoption have been charged with kidnapping. The Chad government also detained 11 other alleged accomplices, including the flight crew, reports the AP. Charity group L'Arche de Zoe had arranged French host families for 103 children they called... More »

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Darfur • Chad • adoption • kidnapping • Idriss Deby • L%u2019arche de Zoe

Sperm Made From Bone Marrow

Scientists may be able to produce sperm from women's bone marrow

Apr 13, 07 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are getting closer to removing men from the conception equation, announcing yesterday that they have produced early-stage sperm cells from male bone marrow. Now the team of British researchers is seeking ethical approval to try the same thing with women. More »

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gender • pregnancy • medical breakthrough • fertility • adoption • health • women's health • genetics • reproduction • sperm • lesbians • science

Quickie Adoption for Angelina

Vietnamese officials deny special treatment

Mar 14, 07 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vietnamese officials say the paperwork on Angelina Jolie's adoption is nearly complete—just days after it was submitted in early March. Vietnamese officials say their efficiency was spurred by the child's age and complete files and not by preferential treatment, but the speed up likely has a simpler explanation: anticipation... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • adoption • Vietnam • families • Ethiopia • children • Cambodia

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