Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:20:13 +0100 LONDON (Reuters) - British youngsters adopted after abusive childhoods are at risk of fresh emotional turmoil as some birth parents turn to Facebook and other social networking sites to track them down, adoption agencies said on Thursday. The ease with which birth parents can use technology to get in touch with their children without warning and without following established safeguards has alarmed adoption agencies. Families who have been contacted have described the experience as like being in a "slow motion car crash" leaving them "battered and bruised." Some families have been torn apart. ... (Source: Reuters)
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (C) stands with her adopted ...
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:10:05 +0100 (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (C) stands with her adopted son Pax Thien from Vietnam at a security check point before leaving Con Dao island, off Vietnam's southern coast, November 16, 2011. Jolie is in Vietnam with her children after more than three years since she adopted a Vietnamese boy in March 2007, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (VIETNAM - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)
American actress Angelina Jolie, left, and her adopted son Pax ...
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:50:07 +0100 (AP) - American actress Angelina Jolie, left, and her adopted son Pax Thien leave a Vietnamese restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, after lunch on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Hollywood power couple Jolie and Brad Pitt and their six children are on a visit to Vietnam, where Pax was born. (AP Photo/Na Son Nguyen)
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:10:12 +0200 (Reuters) - Research In Motion's BlackBerry Messenger service was disrupted by an apparent service outage on Friday, adding a further headache as the company reels from a dismal earnings report. (Source: Reuters)
A dog known as 'Yeti' nurses adopted piglets in Camaguey, Cuba, ...
Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:00:02 +0200 (AP) - A dog known as 'Yeti' nurses adopted piglets in Camaguey, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. Yeti has been pulling double-duty nursing not just her own young but also the 14 swine. According to the dog's owner Mannorkys Santamaria, no one imposed this on the dog, the piglets discovered this on their own and began nursing with her when they turned 15 days old. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
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