U.S. Says No Adoptions of Young Tsunami Victims
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The youngest victims of the Asian tsunami may be homeless, traumatized and possibly orphaned, but they are not yet candidates for adoption in the United States, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of Americans remain missing two days after devastating tsunamis struck Asia, but the State Department says a large number have been located and are safe. Responding to the disaster, the U.S. Agency for International Development added &#36;20 million to the already promised &#36;15 million.
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The U.S. government has temporarily stopped deporting people to Sri Lanka and Maldives, two of the countries devastated by the tsunami disaster.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - The U.S. Embassy in Argentina rejected reports that it had told President George W. Bush's twin daughters to leave the country after a widely publicized purse-snatching incident.
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The United States has manifestly failed  to uphold obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman or  degrading behavior in the "war on terror" launched after Sept.  11, 2001, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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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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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell tried to allay fears that thousands of Americans may have lost their lives in the Asian tsunami, saying he did not believe "the numbers will be anything like what some of our fellow nations have suffered over the last week."
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Humanitarian groups warned against westerners rushing to adopt Asian children orphaned by the tsunami disaster, proposing instead that they sponsor children or continue donating to aid organizations.
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A U.S.-led campaign to ban  cloning of human embryos, including for stem cell research, was  rejected by a divided United Nations on Friday as a General  Assembly committee abandoned the initiative in favor of a  nonbinding declaration against human cloning.
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Dead bodies cannot cause disease outbreaks, the Pan American Health Organization said Wednesday, hoping to avert mass burials of tens of thousands of unidentified victims from the tsunami in Asia and Africa.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that the United States "will certainly not turn away from those in desperate need" as he works with Asian leaders to speed up relief efforts in the tsunami disaster.
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NORTH COUNTY ---- Though the local chapters of the Red Cross and United Way aren&#39;t planning to dispatch any North County residents to provide disaster relief on the tsunami-ravaged shores of Southeast Asia, officials said Wednesday that there are a number
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The United Nations said on Friday it had received reports Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers were recruiting children displaced by Asia's tsunami and had told the rebels to leave under-age survivors alone.
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The United States has rejected a request by Japan that it verify Tokyo's contribution to the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan is not used for military operations in Iraq, a report said Sunday.
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The United States will provide $350  million in aid for victims of southern Asia's devastating  tsunami, a government official said on Friday.
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The U.S. government is offering to help Asian nations struck by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis. At least three Americans were among the more than 13,000 people killed.
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A divided United Nations on  Friday rejected a U.S.-led campaign to ban all cloning of human  embryos, including for stem-cell research, as a General  Assembly committee opted instead for a nonbinding declaration.