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Argentine Heirs’ DNA Tests Come Back Negative

Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Legal sources in Argentina say DNA taken from the adopted children of one of the country’s richest women does not match blood samples from two families who suspect the siblings were stolen as babies during the country’s so-called “dirty war.” The results come more than a month after a court ordered Felipe and Marcela Noble […]

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New Study: Majority of Babies in US are Minorities

Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
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The U.S. government says for the first time, the majority of babies in the United States are minorities, a change likely to impact the country’s racial and ethnic makeup in the future. A Census Bureau study released Thursday shows that non-Hispanic whites make up less than half of all children under age three. In 1990, […]

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Pregnant Teens Accused of Selling Babies May Face Charges

Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 11:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Nigerian police say 32 pregnant teens could face charges after being accused of plotting to sell their babies in a child trafficking ring. Police arrested the girls and a doctor in charge of a clinic in southeast Abia state on Saturday. Police commissioner Bala Hassan says the pregnant women were housed at the clinic until […]

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Nigerian Police Raid Clinic Accused of Selling Babies

Posted June 2nd, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
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Nigerian police say they have taken 32 pregnant women from an illegal clinic accused of selling babies in southeastern Abia state. Authorities say they raided the Cross Foundation in Abia last weekend and arrested the facility’s director. Police commissioner Bala Hassan says the pregnant women were housed at the clinic until their babies were born. […]

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