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Russia Suspends All Adoptions to US families

MOSCOW (AP) - Russia has suspended all adoptions to U.S. families until the two countries can agree on procedures, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday -- a week after an American woman sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia on a plane by ...

Siberian Girl Literally Raised By Cats and Dogs

A 5-year-old girl in Siberia was being raised by cats and dogs, according to police. Image: wikitravel.org
Next time you tell your kids that they're acting like they were raised by wolves, you may want to reconsider that statement. A ...

Disney Channel Goes to Russia

Somehow kids in Russia have been surviving just fine in a world without Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. But no more. Disney has formed a joint venture with Media One Holdings to bring their absurdly ...

Kyrgyz women caught HIV from nursing babies

In what can only be described as a double tragedy, a group of Kyrgyz women have contracted HIV through nursing their infected babies. Though the odds of transmitting HIV this way are extremely low, experts say that it is possible if the baby has ...

Russian nursery's take on extreme fitness

Imagine putting your kids into kindergarten, only to find out that teachers are stripping your kids down and forcing them to run in the snow...practically naked. Then, just to toughen them up a little bit, they pour a bucket of cold water on their ...

Russians ban Halloween: Cold War resumes

I always knew there was something fishy about those Russians. Sure, the Cold War is "technically" over, our countries are "friends," blah-di-blah blah -- but underneath that veneer of Westernization lies the same nefarious, no-good-nik, downright ...

Ex-wife sets fire to ex-husband's anatomy

Sometimes a person can only take so much before he or she absolutely snaps. So it recently went with a Russian couple who had divorced several years ago but ,due to finances, have been forced to remain roommates for the last three years. Apparently, ...

101 grandchildren, and he remembers all of their names

Aleksei Shapoval had a lot of kids. Then his kids all had a lot of kids, and now, at age 72, he's a grandfather more than a hundred times over. Tatiana, Shapoval's 101st grandchild was born this week, giving him 50 granddaughters in addition to his ...

71-year-old becomes a mom

Dr. Cyril Ramer is the founder of a nonprofit group called Bridges of Understanding and, among other things, helped collect about 8 tons of medical supplies and formula for needy children in Russia. It was on one of her humanitarian missions to a ...

Adoptions from the Ukraine filled with risk

The New York Times is featuring an excellent story on the dilemma families are facing that are given the opportunity to host a child from the Ukraine at their homes for a period of time, but are not given any guarantee that they will be able to adopt ...

Utah family adopts Russian siblings

I have a special place in my heart for international adoption. Perhaps it is my hope that one day, in the future, we'll be able to adopt a toddler internationally. Here's a story about a family that has opened its doors to four Russian siblings. John ...

Maria's Children -- an arts rehabilitation centre for Russian orphans

Earlier today I told you about the e-mail I received from Dr. Julian Davies.  Well, as it turns out, Dr. Davies also volunteers at an amazing organization called Maria's Children -- so amazing, I thought I'd tell you about it. Maria's Children ...

Pravda: Condi Rice "coarse" because she's single and has no kids

Well, trust the leader of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) to crack the case wide open.  From Pravda.ru:  Apparently, Condoleezza Rice made some statements criticizing the Russian government,  regarding the gas ...

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