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16 Vietnamese kids, U.S. families in adoption limbo

June 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Marsha Sailors painted the nursery pink and green at her Missouri home, put up princess pictures and built a crib for her new little girl. They hadn’t yet met, but she already was in love with the smiling 6-month-old in a photo sent from Vietnam …

Filed Under: National News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Alison Dilworth, Bac Lieu, Children Issues, Families Thru International Adoption, HANOI, Hague Convention, Indiana Sen, Keith Wallace, Kelly Ensslin, Richard Lugar, State Department, Three Florida, Vietnam Adoptions Department, Vietnam Communist, Vietnam Mekong Delta, Vietnamese, adoption, language

Cambodian refugee goes home as U.S. Navy commander

December 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — The distant thuds of gunfire and bombs weren’t nearly as memorable for Michael Misiewicz as fishing barehanded with

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Cambodia, China, Khmer Rouge, Maryna Lee Misiewicz, Maryna Misiewicz, Michael Misiewicz, Philippines, Phnom Penh, Rithy Khem, SIHANOUKVILLE, Thank God, United States, Vannak Khem, Vol 29 No 50 | December 11 - December 17, adoption, poverty

Snag in Nepal adoptions by U.S. families

September 30, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — Michael and Karyn Brown of Starkville are one of about a dozen U.S. families who were planning to adopt a child from Nepal

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Karyn Brown, MERIDIAN, Michael Brown, Nepal, New Beginnings, New Delhi, Republican Sen, Roger Wicker, Senator Wicker, Tom Velie, United States, Vol 29 No 40 | October 2 - October 8, WTOK, adoption, blog, reunion

U.S. mom in China to find marrow donor for daughter

July 19, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Gillian Wong The Associated Press LIUZHOU, China (AP) — Sherrie Cramer breaks into stifled sobs as she nears the dirt-streaked former orphanage in China where her daughter lived as a severely malnourished infant. Once again, Cramer is fighting to keep the child she adopted alive. But this time, it’s a battle against leukemia, and […]

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: AML, Beijing, CT, China, Chinese, Kailee Wells, Kent Jolly, LIUZHOU, Miss Teen Asia Sacramento, OK, Red Cross Society, So Cramer, Song Xianmin, Susan Wong, adoption

An Lac orphans reunite in Columbus after 35 years

April 1, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Jason Robertson doesn’t know his birth date or possess a single memory of his mother or father.

He was only 3 years old when he was scooped off the streets of Saigon and brought to live in An Lac Orphanage, located in the city’s slums.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2010, Betty Tisdale, Bo Callaway, Columbus Parkhill Cemetery, Fort Benning, Jason Robertson, Lawson Army Airfield, Los Angeles, Madame Ngai, Madame Vu Thi Ngai, Nguyet Balin, Signal Battalion, United Airways, Vol 29 No 14 | April 3 - April 9, Wanda Robertson, adoption, reunion

Is it ethical? CBS News pays for trip to Samoa in adoption story

December 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News helped pay for a Wisconsin family’s trip to Samoa which led to an emotional meeting that was a key moment in last Saturday’s “48 Hours” special on an adoption scam involving children taken from their South Pacific homes under false pretenses.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2009, Bob Steele, CBS, China, Maureen Maher, Neither Sawyer, New York, Patti Sawyer, Poynter Institute, Salt Lake City, South Pacific, Susan Zirinsky, United States, Vol 28 No 52 | December 19 - December 25, adoption

Bangladeshi mom wants her twins to stay in Australia

November 25, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday that she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Associated Press, Australia, Children First Foundation, DHAKA, Danielle Noble, Kartik Mollick, Lovely Mollick, Moira Kelly, Vol 28 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, adoption

New research shows how Asian American women are affected differently by non-smoking rules and policies

September 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In a recent study, UC Davis researcher Elisa Tong found that the effectiveness of smoke-free regulations among Asian American women depends largely on socioeconomic status.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2008, 2009, American Legacy Foundation, Asian American, Elisa Tong, National Cancer Institute, Vol 28 No 39 | September 19 - September 25, adoption

Letter: Pride Parade story very one-sided

July 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

I was surprised and disappointed to see this section in your article on Seattle Pride 2009 (in issue 28, July 4–10): “The presence of corporate sponsorship was prevalent. … ‘The corporate sponsorship is very hypocritical to me because they don’t really support their queer workers.’”

Filed Under: Opinion, Letters to the Editor Tagged With: Brian Murphy, LGBTQ, Letter Pride Parade, Seattle Pride, adoption, vol 28 no 29 | July 11 - July 17

Family adopts Chinese girl with rare eye disease

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Laura Catoe the Associated Press GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — A radio broadcast led two elementary school teachers on an adoption journey to China.

Filed Under: News, National News Tagged With: Beijing, Chad, Charli Grace, China, Chinese, Fourth of July, GADSDEN, Grace Children, Jennifer Strawn, Love Without Boundaries, Ming Ming, Nancy Robertson, UAB, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5, adoption, attention, blog

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