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		<title>I Found My Mom Through Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2011/06/27/i-found-my-mom-through-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/fashion/i-found-my-birth-mother-through-facebook.html?_r=1 By LISA BELKIN “MOMMY, Mommy, she found me, she found me.” Sixteen-year-old Alexander Dorf stood at the top of thestairs in his Tenafly, N.J., home two years ago, grinning broadly at hismother, Jami. He had just gotten a message on his Facebook wall that he’dbeen waiting for all his life. From a Florida woman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re getting a $54,000 tax refund!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Blake Ellis, staff reporter April 01, 2011: 05:37 AM EDT The Wards couldn&#8217;t believe the news when their tax preparer called to tell them they&#8217;re getting a $54,000 refund this year. Thelma Ward was speechless. She had to hand the phone to her husband so she could dance around the living room floor in [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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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>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/12/12/who-can-be-adopted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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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>The Case For International Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/03/30/the-case-for-international-adoption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeneen Interlandi Despite sensational headlines about Haitian orphans, children adopted from developing nations can thrive in the United States. I know, from personal experience. Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have left thousands of children orphaned and revived debates over the value of international adoption. In the weeks since a group of American missionaries were [...]]]></description>
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