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		<title>U.S. Dept of State Announcement: Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 04:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following announcement was issued by the U.S. Dept of State, Office of Children’s Issues on March 16, 2011. It can also be found on their website. U.S. Department of State, Office of Children’s Issues, Adoption Division hosted a conference call for Adoption Service Providers on March 11, 2011 at 10:45 am to discuss recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCAA decides to accept the special child adoption applications from female single applicants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government departments and adoption agencies in receiving countries, In order to promote special needs child adoption and guarantee the basic interests of the orphaned and disabled children, CCAA decides to accept the adoption applications from female single applicants to adopt according to the requirements listed in this notice, starting from March 15, 2011: Female single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who can be Adopted?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adoption laws vary among countries.  A child must qualify for adoption under the laws of his or her country of origin in order to be adopted.  Each country has different requirements for children to be eligible for adoption.  You can learn more about specific countries’ eligibility requirements for children in our Country Information pages.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS will increase its fees for all immigration filings</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/10/07/uscis-will-increase-its-fees-for-all-immigration-filings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 23, 2010 USCIS will increase its fees for all immigration filings.  The fees for I-600a/I-600 and I-800a/I-800 will increase to $720.  Biometrics (fingerprinting) will increase to $85.  For detailed information regarding the increase, please visit USCIS&#8217;s website by clicking here: http://bit.ly/bl1gaq]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption Notice: Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/07/29/adoption-notice-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 28, 2010 Intercountry adoption is not possible from Vietnam at this time. Adoption service providers and prospective adoptive parents should not seek or accept new (or potential) adoption referrals from Vietnam until an announcement is posted that the United States Citizenship and Information Service (USCIS) is again processing new I-600 or I-800 petitions for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia &#8211;  Adoption Notice</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/04/17/russia-adoption-notice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs Office of Children’s Issues April 16, 2010 The Department of State has received no information to confirm a suspension of adoptions from Russia to the United States.  Our Embassy in Moscow and other Department of State officials are talking with Russian officials to clarify this issue. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Seeks Ways to Keep Its Children</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/04/16/russia-seeks-ways-to-keep-its-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By CLIFFORD J. LEVY MOSCOW — Russia would like to stop giving away its babies. Within days or weeks, it will probably lift the suspension on adoptions by Americans that it formally announced Thursday. But eventually, as a senior Kremlin official said, the government needs to find a way to ensure that all Russia’s children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Centralizes Processing of Orphan Adoptions Change will Streamline Processing</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/03/23/uscis-centralizes-processing-of-orphan-adoptions-change-will-streamline-processing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that on April 1, 2010, it is centralizing processing and adjudication of all new orphan (Non-Hague) petitions with the agency’s specialized adoptions team in Missouri. Prospective adoptive parents will continue to file their Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative (Form I 600) and Application for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children Affected by the earthquake in Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/01/23/children-affected-by-the-earthquake-in-haiti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 22, 2010 The Department of State is receiving  inquiries from American citizens deeply touched by the plight of children in Haiti in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake. As Secretary of State Clinton said on January 20, &#8220;Children are especially vulnerable in any disaster, especially those without parents or other guardians to look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aid groups urge halt to new Haiti adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/01/22/aid-groups-urge-halt-to-new-haiti-adoptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London, England (CNN) &#8211; Three aid groups called Thursday for an immediate halt to any new adoptions of Haitian children after last week&#8217;s earthquake. Save the Children, World Vision and a unit of the British Red Cross said the focus first must be on tracing any family members that children may still have and reuniting [...]]]></description>
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