Baby talk (BBC News)
Is it ethical to add more people to our crowded planet?
When Adoption Isn't Happily Ever After (ABC News)
Adoptive parents chronicle their struggle with behaviorally challenged children.
Background Note: Cambodia (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 181,040 sq. km. (69,900 sq. mi.); about the size of Missouri. Cities: Capital --Phnom Penh (pop. 1.3 million), Battambang, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Prey Veng, Kompong Cham.
Background Note: Chad (Scoop.co.nz)
Geography Area: 1,284,634 sq. km. (496,000 sq. mi.); about twice the size of Texas. Cities: Capital --N'Djamena (pop. 1 million est.). Other major cities --Moundou, Abeche, Sarh.
Dallas-Based Buckner Unites With Dillon International to Expand Christian Children's Services (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Dallas-based Buckner Children and Family Services announced today it will affiliate with Dillon International, Inc., a multi-service, not-for-profit child placement agency specializing in international adoption services, based in Tulsa, Okla.