Prosecutors: Show no leniency for mom who abused adopted Ethiopian children

Triblive.com By Adam Brandolph A woman convicted of abusing her two adopted children from Ethiopia should serve the six- to 12-month sentence a judge imposed on her, a deputy district attorney said in court documents filed Monday. Common Pleas President Judge Jeffrey A. Manning on Sept. 15 sentenced Kristen Barbour, 32, to jail but allowed

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Renowned Washington novelist helps save Ethiopian woman’s life

18 April 2014 By Elisa Jaffe Komo News SEATTLE — The death of 13-year old adoptee Hana Williams outraged communities from Ethiopia to Mount Vernon, where her adoptive parents left her to die malnourished, naked, and cold in her back yard. 

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Foreign Adoptions by Americans Decline Sharply

By DAVID CRARY AP Mar 22, 2014 The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents plunged by 18 percent last year to the lowest level since 1992, due in part to Russia’s ban on adoptions by Americans. Adoptions from

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FULL adoptions from Ethiopia, Taiwan & South Korea will be recognised automatically in Australia

Patricia Karvelas The Australian FULL adoptions from Taiwan, South Korea and Ethiopia will be recognised automatically in Australia, under changes that Tony Abbott will announce today. Amendments to the Family Law (Bilateral Arrangements — Intercountry Adoption) Regulations will lift restrictions

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