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...Jolie had not whisked him from the orphanage to instant fame, Pax Thien most likely would have ended up being adopted by another, probably foreign, family, because of the intense overseas demand. "At present, there are more [foreign] requests for adoptions than there are eligible children for adoptions," says Vu Duc Long, head of Vietnam's International Adoption Department, which is part of the Ministry of Justice. "There is more demand than supply." Last year, 163 U.S. parents adopted Vietnamese children, making Vietnam the 14th most popular adoption source. (China is number 1 with more than 6,000 U.S. adoptions...
...Bangladeshis have followed the anticorruption drive with a mixture of surprise and glee. Newspaper polls suggest that a clear majority of Bangladeshis support the present government even though it is unelected, has banned all political activity, and has yet to announce a date for fresh elections. On Tuesday, in his first extensive interview since coming to power, Ahmed spoke with TIME's Simon Robinson in a meeting room next door to Zia's old office. Excerpts...
...Lost Tomb of Jesus is irrelevant. Christ may or may not have ascended bodily to his father in heaven, but whoever he was and whatever his family life may have been like, his presence in the world changed history and countless lives from the 1st century to the present. Margaret Millea, Carlsbad, California...
Fighting through will take some effort in the Florida portion of the trip as Harvard faces formidable competition. The Buckeyes (11-3) are the most recognizable of the Crimson’s opponents, and the challenge they present may be increased dramatically if star pitcher Cory Luebke gets the starting nod against Harvard. In four starts, Luebke is 3-0 with a 1.76 ERA and 25 strikeouts...
Pamela C. Chan ’07, a transfer student from the University of Western Ontario, was not present at the meeting but said in a phone interview before the dinner that “it’s important to note that some people are like, ‘oh you’re complaining about nothing...