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Japan praises boy who survived after abandoned by parents

TOKYO (AP) — The remarkable survival of a 7-year-old Japanese boy, abandoned in a forest by his parents who wanted to teach him a lesson, prompted nationwide joy and relief Friday. But Japanese also wondered whether the father and mother themselves might need a stern lesson in parenting. Yamato Tanooka (Tah-noh-oh-kah)

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Saving babies Moms don’t want means promoting havens

MARLBOROUGH – Too often, local news outlets report tragic tales of newborn infants abandoned, sometimes left exposed to the elements and other hazards. Tuesday, a 23-year-old man was charged in connection with leaving his two-month-old son in an infant-seat placed in the travel lane of a Maryland road on Dec. 12.

Immigration

Historic surge in Cuban emigration divides families

CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) — On the 14th of September last year, nine Cuban men pushed their scrap-metal raft into the Florida Straits, started up its tractor-trailer engine and disappeared north into the night. A few days later the rumors started in Camaguey.