Aboriginal stolen children 'were used in leprosy tests'

By Rachel Shields

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The Australian government has launched an investigation into claims that aboriginal children seized from their parents during the 1920s and 1930s were secretly used as guinea pigs for leprosy treatments.

The allegations surfaced at a Senate inquiry this week into plans to compensate the "stolen generation" of aboriginal Australians who were taken from their families as part of a government programme.

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Official Visits

Two U.S. senators visit U.S. and Romanian military at Mihail Kogalniceanu

US Senators Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Larry Craig of Idaho visited the Romanian military leadership and American military personnel at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta on Sunday, as part of a 4 day visit to Romania sponsored by the Congressional Coalition on Adoptions. US Ambassador Michael Guest and the Senators toured the medical facilities on base, met for lunch with US military personnel, and saw the base's "morale center."

The Senators and the Ambassador also addressed the US military group at lunch, telling them how America supports the troops and are grateful for the job they're doing. "We're all so proud of you, and we all want you to know that we support you and the great work you're all doing," said Senator Landrieu.

Adoption scammer pleads guilty

By COLBY FRAZIER — July 3, 2009

A former Montecito businessman who swindled $800,000 from 59 hopeful parents through his adoption business, pleaded guilty in Superior Court yesterday to 17 felonies and a white-collar crime enhancement.

Wearing a light-blue shirt, dark pants and a tie, with shackles around his hands and feet, the defendant, Orson Mozes, said plainly that he was guilty, and acknowledged he felt “very comfortable” with the plea bargain he had negotiated with prosecutors.

Although the man won’t be sentenced until July 14, Senior Deputy District Attorney Paula Waldman said he most likely would be sentenced to three years and four months in state prison, with three years of parole. Mozes, 57, also faces a civil lawsuit in the state of Pennsylvania that was jointly filed by 17 of the adoption scam victims. Additionally, Mozes conceded to forfeit $300,000 in cash and gold coins that were seized from his Florida home. The funds will be used to repay the victims, some of whom, Waldman said, are owed amounts as high as $75,000.

Orphanage scandal officials punished

By Tom Qian | 2009-7-3 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

SIX government officials in southwest China have been punished over an orphanage scandal when three children were taken away from their families who could not afford fines for violating family planning regulations.

The orphanage sent the children overseas for adoption from 2004 to 2006, a Guizhou-based newspaper reported today.

The six officials received warnings from the Party or administrative punishments from the local government, according to the Guiyang Evening Post report.

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JULY 3, 2009

China Checks Out Charges Babies Taken From Home

By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH

SHANGHAI -- Authorities in southern China are investigating allegations that local officials took babies from their parents between 2003 and 2005 and delivered them to an orphanage that press reports said has offered children for overseas adoption.

SW China: Baby girls taken and sold for adoption

By Wang Jingqiong (China Daily)

Updated: 2009-07-03 08:06

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About 80 newborn baby girls from a county of Guizhou Province in southwest China have been removed from their families by local officials since 2001, and most have been handed over to foreign adoptive parents as orphans at a price of $3,000 each, the Southern Metropolis News reported on Wednesday.

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Reported theft of girls from families to give them up for adoption by foreigners

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About 80 babies in the province of Guizhou (southwestern China) were confiscated by authorities for family planning to parents who violated the one-child policy in the last eight years and given up for adoption to families from other countries, including Spain, announced today the independent press china.

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Author: Bao Xiaodong original page: 2388 Time :2009-07-01

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Girls seized, handed over for adoption

Foreign families paid officials and orphanages

Fiona Tam

Jul 02, 2009

About 80 newborn baby girls from a county in Guizhou have been confiscated from their parents by family planning officials since 2001 and handed over to foreign adoptive parents as orphans at a price of US$3,000 each, state media reported.

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