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Lawyer: Returned Russian Boy Artyom Savelyev Back in Orphanage

(July 30) -- The Russian boy whose American adoptive mother returned him to Moscow is back in an orphanage again, a lawyer for an adoption agency said today. Larry Crain, an attorney who works for the World Association for Children and Parents, said 8-year-old Artyom Savelyev is awaiting adoption by another family,...

Russia: Agreement Reached on Adoptions by US Parents

(July 23) -- Russian officials said today an agreement in principle had been reached in setting new ground rules for U.S. adoptions of Russian children, a process thrown into turmoil this spring when a Tennessee woman sent back her 7-year-old adopted son. A U.S. State Department official confirmed that negotiators had...

Who Will Write the End to Russian Orphan's Story?

MOSCOW (July 2) -- Torry-Ann Hansen, the Tennessee nurse who adopted 7-year-old Artyom Savelyev and then returned him because she said he wanted to kill her, apparently never bonded with the Russian boy. But she did give him a new name (Justin), a new language (English) and comfort food (burgers and fries, with ketchup)....