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Haitian children need a future, not a one way ticket out
9:47 AM on 02/04/2010
OPINION - Like ebony fashion accessories, Haitian kids have suddenly come into style...
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Couples are encouraged to adopt minority kids
5:37 AM on 11/30/2009
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State and nonprofit agencies are encouraging minority families to consider adoption, as more black and mixed race children are in need...
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Madonna plants tree to launch Malawi girls school
11:08 AM on 10/26/2009
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) -- Madonna is marking the start of construction at her school for girls in Malawi...
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New push to encourage parents to adopt black children
2:18 PM on 09/17/2009
VIDEO - Jordan Sarazin was in foster care just five months after she was born. But in 2006, everything changed...
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Man accused of offering adopted black son for sex
11:47 AM on 07/01/2009
An official at Duke University in North Carolina has been arrested and charged with offering a five-year-old boy for sex. The FBI's Washington field office and police in the nation's capital say Lombard was arrested after an Internet sting.
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Malawi high court rules Madonna can adopt 3-year-old 'Mercy'
8:18 AM on 06/12/2009
RAPHAEL TENTHANI Associated Press Writer (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale) BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Madonna can get "Mercy," Malawi's highest court ruled Friday. The court overruled a lower court, saying the pop star can adopt 3-year-old Chifundo "Mercy" James. Madonna's lawyer Alan Chinula said he called her with the news "in the...
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Malawi high court rules on Madonna's adoption case Friday
12:01 PM on 06/11/2009
(AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale) BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Malawi's highest court plans to announce Friday whether Madonna can adopt a second child from the impoverished southern African country, the pop star's lawyer said Thursday. The lawyer, Alan Chinula, said the ruling would be issued at 9 a.m. Madonna had appealed after...
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