Torment of parents with lost loved ones abroad
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Erica Duggan treasures her son's black canvas wallet, found with his body at the side of a busy highway in Germany four years ago. It is one of the last tangible connections she has with him.
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Officials investigate the plight of Britons left in legal limbo after their relatives went missing in the Asian tsunami.
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The parents of the British girl who went missing in Portugal are now under suspicion, but much about the case remains a baffling mystery. A look at the chief unanswered questions
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - Adoption hotlines around the  world have been jammed with callers since the Asian tsunami on  Dec. 26 orphaned thousands of children, but experts and aid  agencies are telling would-be parents they may be disappointed.
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Madeleine McCann's father says the return of his family to Britain without his missing daughter is heartbreaking but it does not mean they are abandoning the search for her.
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In Quezon province, hit earlier this week by a typhoon, relatives were looking for loved ones when second storm hit. BY PAT ROQUE.
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The parents of a 15-year-old missing girl have spoken of their anguish at a press conference.
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Families holidaying in Asia describe the effect of the worst earthquake in the region for 40 years.
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One in 10 parents struggle to understand the tales they read to their children.
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PHUKET, Thailand -- A Swedish toddler was reunited with his weeping father in a Thai hospital yesterday, days after the 18-month-old was found sitting alone on a roadside in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster. The boy's mother is among some 5,000 people still missing in Thailand.
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PRAIA DA LUZ, Portugal - A British couple named as suspects in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter, Madeleine, in Portugal would like to go home but don't want to be perceived as running from justice, family and friends said yesterday.
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Often, that emotion is compounded by exhaustion, an incredible sense of loss, even rage that somebody took the life of someone you love.
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The parents of Madeleine McCann, the British four-year-old missing in Portugal, spoke of their guilt Friday but vowed not to go home without her.
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The parents of a toddler found dying in a stream near his family's holiday home have spoken of their sadness.
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The public is urged to report parents suspected of neglecting their children due to drug or alcohol abuse.
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LONDON -- The photo of a young Swedish father sobbing in his hospital bed in Thailand after he was reunited with his 2-year-old son appeared in newspapers throughout Europe yesterday, symbolizing this continent's sense of loss and horror over southeast Asia's tsunamis.
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The parents of a 4-year-old British girl who vanished during a vacation in Portugal three weeks ago said Friday that the guilt they feel over leaving her alone in a hotel room will haunt them forever.