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Feb. 3, 2002

The Lost Children

After Many Years, Painful, Emotional Reunions

Font size Print E-mail Share (CBS) Not only had these lost children been shipped 12,000 miles from Britain to the bottom of the world. Not only had they been exploited and abused. They had been deceived.

They weren't orphans. They had families back in Britain, families which had dropped them off at institutions with every intention of getting them back.

The Moraru couple seems to be spending a quiet time in Canada

Sotii Moraru se pare ca petrec linistiti in Canada

28.01.2002 21:21

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Parchetul de pe langa Curtea de Apel Constanta cerceteaza imprejurarile in care doi cetateni americani au infiat - dupa ce au platit fundatiei intermediare suma de 12.000 de dolari - un baietel de 3

Parchetul de pe langa Curtea de Apel Constanta cerceteaza imprejurarile in care doi cetateni americani au infiat - dupa ce au platit fundatiei intermediare suma de 12.000 de dolari - un baietel de 3 ani din Romania. Michele si Martin Zuidema au dorit sa infieze un copil si s-au adresat in acest scop unei fundatii americane, care, la randu-i, a apelat la serviciile Fundatiei "Sfintii Dimitrie si Ana", din Constanta. Reprezentantii acesteia, Rodica si Valeriu Moraru, si-au aratat disponibilitatea de a rezolva "foarte rapid" solicitarea. Tocmai viteza cu care s-au incheiat formalitatile de adoptie, anevoioase, altfel, precum si suma de 12.000 dolari ceruta "pe aeroport" de reprezentantii fundatiei tomitane i-au pus in alerta pe parintii adoptivi ai micutului George Ivanov (3 ani). Ei au cerut Ambasadei Romane din Washington si, implicit, Guvernului roman sa verifice legalitatea actelor de adoptie incheiate pe 23 august 2001 ("dupa numai doua luni de la cererea noastra") de avocatii Rodica si Valeriu Moraru, patronii fundatiei constantene. Din primele date existente la dosar rezulta ca fundatia in speta fiinta intr-un apartament, ca sotii Moraru au pretins ulterior virarea celor 12.000 dolari intr-un cont din Canada, unde s-ar fi (si) grabit, de altfel, sa plece "in excursie" de ceva vreme.

Sotii Moraru se pare ca petrec linistiti in Canada

 

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Peer vs peer as Archer tells Nicholson: 'Take it back or face the consequences'

Peer vs peer as Archer tells Nicholson: 'Take it back or face the consequences'

Is it possible to libel a man with 'no reputation left to sully'? Robert Mendick reports on an ever more bitter feud

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Lord Archer is threatening to sue Baroness Nicholson, the eminent peer, claiming that she has defamed him.

Irishwoman to become head of EC environment department

An Irishwoman was yesterday appointed to head the European Commission's 500-strong environment directorate-general, one of the most important departments in the Brussels secretariat. Ms Catherine Day (47), from Mount Merrion, Dublin, is being promoted from her current post of deputy director general of the Commission's department for foreign relations.

The appointment was accompanied by announcements from the President of the European Commission, Mr Romano Prodi, intended to end the practice of reserving certain posts in Brussels for nationals from particular member states.

Ms Day said she hoped her appointment would be welcomed by other EU nationals on the grounds of her merit.

Certainly her appointment was largely expected in Brussels where she had been talked about as the strongest candidate for the environment post.

A graduate of the National University of Ireland and University College Dublin, Ms Day began her career in the European Commission in 1979 having previously worked for the Investment Bank of Ireland and the Confederation of Irish Industry.

Parents threaten to sue State



Parents threaten to sue State

 

Hyderabad, Jan. 16: Foreign adoptive parents are threatening to sue the State government if the children

promised to them are not handed over to them immediately, even as the Minister indicated that the State

government could halt foreign adoptions hereafter.

 

A couple from the US, Angelique and Daniel William Hatch, served a legal notice on Child Welfare Minister S

Saraswati stating that Zuleika, who as 'relinquished' to Precious Moments and promised to them for adoption, be

handed over immediately.

 

It is learnt that Angelique broke down in front of the Minister seeking possession of the child. "I have not

promised them anything. I only said the government would look into the matter and take an appropriate decision,"

Saraswati said.

 

The Hatches and another US couple, the Paul Johns, met Women Development and Child Welfare Director Shalini

Mishra to pressure her to send the children along with them. Both the cases were dealt by Crossroads Adoption

Services in the US.

 

The notice to the Minister, served through local advocate Ahmed Razvi, said the Family Court had cleared the

adoption (OP No. 781/2001) after the Central Adoption Resource Agency had issued a No-Objection Certificate.

 

They were to be given possession of Zuleika on January 15, but the Guild of Child Services, the authorised

agency for sending the children, refused to send her stating she was anaemic and unable to travel.

 

The specious plea, it appears, conjured up following the exposé by Deccan Chronicle and the subsequent

intervention of the National Human Rights Commission.

 

Inquiries revealed that 10-month- old Zuleika was 'relinquished' by her parents to Precious Moments. She was

subsequently proposed for adoption to the Hatches and Cara gave the NOC.

 

After the adoption racket was exposed in April last, the child was shifted to Shishu Vihar. The Johns were

supposed to adopt Pooja, brought to them by Precious Moments through Indian Council of Social Welfare. Pooja's

adoption was also cleared by Cara and later by the Family Court. The family already has three children.

 

The minister said the decision on all pre-April adoption cases - whether cleared by family court or otherwise -

would be taken in a couple of days, after discussions with Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. "There will be no

more foreign adoptions hereafter," she said.

The Blevinses Go to Bulgaria

The Blevinses Go to Bulgaria
 
“Specialized Children’s Hospital” in Buzovgrad
Photo by Teri and Mark Atkinson

Marijke Zaalberg - adoption

Ik had daar ook heel veel honger, En mijn moeder op Haiti, Clairmita,

kon mij ook niet genoeg te eten geven. Toen heeft ze aan Marijke gevraagd, die in Kenscoff woont, of ik niet beter een andere mamma en pappa kon krijgen

die mij wel te eten konden geven. zie ook http://www.stichtingnaarschoolinhaiti.nl