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		<title>Children Affected by the earthquake in Haiti</title>
		<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 after them.
This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/01/23/children-affected-by-the-earthquake-in-haiti/</link>
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		<title>Aid groups urge halt to new Haiti adoptions</title>
		<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 them.
&#8220;Any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2010/01/22/aid-groups-urge-halt-to-new-haiti-adoptions/</link>
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		<title>The Battle Over a Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By PAMELA PAUL
On Christmas Eve in 2007, the State of West Virginia bestowed upon Kathryn Kutil and Cheryl Hess of Oak Hill a relative rarity in the foster-care system: a newborn. The baby girl, TiCasey, was born on Dec. 8 to a longtime drug addict, father unknown, and entered the world with cocaine, opiates and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2009/08/03/the-battle-over-a-baby/</link>
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		<title>Be The Answer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adoption Video
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		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2009/05/18/be-the-answer/</link>
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		<title>Celebrity Adoptions and the Real World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Madonna’s quest to adopt a second child — a 3-year-old girl — from Malawi has once again put the celebrity in the spotlight and stirred debate about international adoptions. Save the Children (U.K.) has said that the girl Madonna wants to adopt and children like her would be better off in their home countries, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2009/05/15/celebrity-adoptions-and-the-real-world/</link>
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		<title>What adopting a white girl taught a black family about race in the Obama</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Raising Katie
Tony Dokoupil
Newsweek Web Exclusive
Several pairs of eyes follow the girl as she pedals around the playground in an affluent suburb of Baltimore. But it isn&#8217;t the redheaded fourth grader who seems to have moms and dads of the jungle gym nervous on this recent
Saturday morning. It&#8217;s the African-American man-six feet tall, bearded and wearing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2009/04/27/what-adopting-a-white-girl-taught-a-black-family-about-race-in-the-obama/</link>
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		<title>The Epidemic That Wasn&#8217;t</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 27, 2009
By SUSAN OKIE
BALTIMORE &#8211; One sister is 14; the other is 9. They are a vibrant pair: the
older girl is high-spirited but responsible, a solid student and a devoted
helper at home; her sister loves to read and watch cooking shows, and she
recently scored well above average on citywide standardized tests.
There would be nothing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2009/01/28/the-epidemic-that-wasnt/</link>
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		<title>Black Kids in White Houses, On Race, Silence, and the Changing American Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 25, 2008
by Jen Graves
After all this time, there are still things we don&#8217;t talk about. It&#8217;s a century and a half after Emancipation and a year before the election of America&#8217;s first black president. This is October 2007.
The door is closed. There is a black woman at the front of the room, near the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2008/12/07/black-kids-in-white-houses-on-race-silence-and-the-changing-american-family/</link>
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		<title>Birth Defects Tied to Fertility Techniques</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 18, 2008
By DENISE GRADY
Infants conceived with techniques commonly used in fertility clinics are two
to four times more likely to have certain birth defects than are infants
conceived naturally, a new study has found.
The findings applied to single births only, not to twins or other multiples.
The defects included heart problems, cleft lip, cleft palate and
abnormalities in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2008/11/19/birth-defects-tied-to-fertility-techniques/</link>
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		<title>Vietnam: Update on September 1, 2008 Deadline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Vietnamese Department of International Adoptions (DIA) has confirmed that the DIA continued to issue referrals to prospective adoptive parents until September 1, 2008, the date the United States &#8211; Vietnam bilateral adoption agreement expired.  According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice, prospective adoptive parents who received a formal referral by September 1 will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nyhomestudy.net/2008/09/06/vietnam-update-on-september-1-2008-deadline/</link>
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