August 20, 2004

Points for effort

US children 'abandoned in Africa'

Seven US children have been discovered suffering from disease and malnutrition in a Nigerian orphanage.

The children, aged from eight to 16, were reportedly left there by their adoptive mother.

The three boys and four girls were found by a visiting Texas missionary after he heard their accents, reports the Associated Press news agency.

They are now back in their home state of Texas, in the care of the local child protection agency.

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Update 8/21 Keeps getting better...

Newspaper: U.S. Knew About Abandoned Kids

09:08 AM EST - August 21, 2004
The Associated Press
HOUSTON
U.S. State Department officials learned that seven American children had been abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage but waited more than a week to check on the youths, who were suffering from malnutrition, malaria and typhoid, a newspaper reported Saturday.
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Posted by sciencegrrl at August 20, 2004 08:06 PM
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