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Boys up for more overseas adoption

April 11, 2013 13:51
Korean parents prefer girls over boys for adoption, according to Holt Children's Services April 11. The parents chose only 130 boys out of the 405 adopted children, accounting for just 32 percent.The percentage of boys being adopted has been dropping; 37 percent in both 2007 and 2008; 35 percent in 2010 and 32 percent in 2011.It marks a drastic contrast to that of the 1970s when the percentage of girls being adopted was only 37, half of that of the boys’ 63.

Russian teen 'flees US adopters back to grandmother'

March 26, 2013 11:46
A Russian-born youth has run away from his adoptive parents in the United States and returned to his grandmother in Russia, state television said Tuesday, adding fuel to a furious row with Washington over adoption. State television made huge play of the story on its main bulletins, after the Russian parliament in December passed a controversial bill banning adoptions by US parents.

Australia apologizes for thousands of forced adoptions

March 21, 2013 14:16
Sydney, Mar 21 (EFE).- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday apologized for policies that saw thousands of unwed mothers pressured into giving up their babies for adoption in the middle decades of the 20th century. "To you, the mothers - who were betrayed by a system that gave you no choice and subjected you to manipulation, mistreatment and malpractice - we apologize," Gillard said in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra.

Russia concerned by US refusal to charge dead boy's parents

March 19, 2013 14:30
Russia on Tuesday raised serious concerns about a US decision not to prosecute the adoptive parents of a Russian boy whose death has sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries. Russian officials claim toddler Max Shatto -- born Maxim Kuzmin -- was tortured and murdered in January by his adoptive US mother, whipping up a storm of controversy less than two months after Moscow banned US adoptions.

Russia concerned by US refusal to charge dead boy's parents

March 19, 2013 07:30
Russia said Tuesday it was seriously concerned by a US decision not to prosecute the adoptive parents of a Russian boy whose January death has sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries. Russian officials claim toddler Max Shatto -- born Maxim Kuzmin -- was tortured and murdered by his adoptive US mother, whipping up a storm of controversy less than two months after Moscow banned US adoptions.

Russia concerned by US move not to charge dead boy's parents

March 19, 2013 06:31
Russia said Tuesday it was seriously concerned by a US decision not to prosecute the adoptive parents of a Russian boy whose January death has sparked a diplomatic row between the two countries. Russian officials claim toddler Max Shatto -- born Maxim Kuzmin -- was tortured and murdered by his adoptive US mother, whipping up a storm of controversy less than two months after Moscow banned US adoptions.

Russian prosecutors seek to bring home boy adopted in US

February 21, 2013 11:31
Russian prosecutors asked a regional court Thursday to annul the adoption and bring home from the United States a young boy whose brother died in Texas leading to a new flare-up in tensions with Washington. The request comes after Russia late last year banned all adoptions by American parents, a measure that came in reprisal for US legislation that targets Russian officials deemed to have committed rights abuses.

Russia-US tensions flare over adopted boy's death

February 21, 2013 08:03
The US ambassador to Moscow and a top Russian lawmaker traded verbal blows Thursday over the death of a Russian child adopted in the United States, in a row that threatens to overshadow upcoming talks with the new US secretary of state. The emotionally charged exchange came after US ambassador Michael McFaul refused to show up in the Russian parliament's lower house to answer questions about recent deaths of Russian children adopted by American parents.

RPT-Tiny Texas community thrust into U.S.-Russian adoption debate

February 21, 2013 03:45
(Repeats with no changes to story) By Monique Ching GARDENDALE, Texas, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The sand-colored brick house with a red roof sits off a gravel road surrounded by farmland and oil fields in a tiny west Texas community thrust into a raging international debate over the death of a boy adopted from Russia.

Adopted Russian boy murdered by US mother: Moscow

February 18, 2013 10:30
A woman in the US state of Texas has killed her adopted Russian son, the Kremlin's envoy for children said Monday, outlining the latest alleged abuse of an adopted Russian child by American parents. "Three-year-old Maxim was beaten (according to the investigators) by his adoptive mother, who fed him psychoactive drugs over a long period of time," ombusdman Pavel Astakhov said on his office's Twitter feed @RFdeti. "He died before the arrival of the ambulance called by his adoptive mother. According to the autopsy report, the boy had many injuries."
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