Archive for August, 2007
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
CARE Turns Down Federal Funding
The enormous international relief agency, CARE, has turned down $45m of federal funding which would have required CARE to use subsidized American products for food aid rather than locally grown products. The federal funding for food aid has been controversial lately, as selling American-grown food often has a negative effect on the local economy as […]
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
U.S. Strengthens Scrutiny of Guatemalan Adoptions
Soon the U.S. will require that all children adopted by U.S. citizens have their DNA matched to the purported birth mother before they leave the country, to ensure that it is the same baby that was originally given up for adoption. This is welcome news for those of us who follow the child robbery crisis […]
