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Posted: 3/15/2013 10:23:24 AM EST
A worker from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission sorts materials for use in polling stations in Harare, Thursday, March 14, 2013. The country is set to hold a referendum on Saturday in which people are expected to vote for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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Posted: 3/15/2013 10:23:24 AM EST
Workers from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission carry materials for use as polling booths in Harare, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. The country is set to hold a referendum on Saturday in which people are expected to vote for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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Posted: 3/15/2013 10:23:24 AM EST
Workers from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission sort material for use as polling booths in Harare, Thursday, March, 14, 2013. The country is set to hold a referendum on Saturday in which people are expected to vote for the adoption of the draft constitution as the country prepares to hold elections later in the year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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Posted: 3/12/2013 9:38:33 AM EST
This undated publicity photo provided by the ASPCA shows Musketeer, a five-year-old Shepard-pit bull mix, in the indoor portion of his kennel at the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center in Madison, N.J. Musketeer is available for adoption at St. Hubert's. (AP Photo/ASPCA)
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Posted: 3/12/2013 9:38:33 AM EST
This undated publicity photo provided by the ASPCA shows Musketeer, a five-year-old Shepard-pit bull mix, with Pia Silvani, vice president of Training and Behavior for St. Hubert’s, in one of the real life rooms at the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center in Madison, N.J. The real rooms simulate a home environment for dogs. Musketeer is available for adoption at St. Hubert's. (AP Photo/ASPCA)
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Posted: 3/6/2013 12:48:48 PM EST
April DeBoer, second from left, sits with her adopted daughter Ryanne, 3, left, and Jayne Rowse, fourth from left, and her adopted sons Jacob, 3, middle, and Nolan, 4, right, at their home in Hazel Park, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The lesbian couple’s desire to adopt each other’s children has grown into a potentially ground-breaking challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage. The two Detroit-area nurses filed a lawsuit to try to overturn restrictions on adoption by same-sex partners. But at the judge’s invitation, the case has taken an extraordinary turn and now will test the legality of a 2004 constitutional amendment that says only marriage of a man and woman is recognized in Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Posted: 3/6/2013 12:48:47 PM EST
April DeBoer, left, and Jayne Rowse, and pose at their home in Hazel Park, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The lesbian couple’s desire to adopt each other’s children has grown into a potentially ground-breaking challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage. The two Detroit-area nurses filed a lawsuit to try to overturn restrictions on adoption by same-sex partners. But at the judge’s invitation, the case has taken an extraordinary turn and now will test the legality of a 2004 constitutional amendment that says only marriage of a man and woman is recognized in Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
People march during a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. The banner reads, "In defence of children". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
People take part in a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. The board displays portraits of boys and read "Maxim Kuzmin" (L) and "Dima Yakovlev". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
People take part in a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. The board displays portraits of boys and read "Maxim Kuzmin" (R) and "Vitya Tulimov". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
People take part in a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. The board (L) displays a portrait of a boy and reads "Johnny Dykstra". REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
Interior ministry officers lead the procession during a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
People march during a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
People march during a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 3/2/2013 9:41:48 AM EST
People march during a rally in defence of Russian children in Moscow, March 2, 2013. Demonstrators walked along Moscow streets to support the new law prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by Americans and to commemorate the adopted Russian-born children who later died in the United States, according to participants. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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Posted: 2/22/2013 2:03:26 PM EST
In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, Gregoria Herminia Contreras, 35, poses for a photo with her husband Filadelfo Julián Ramos, and their children; Daniel, right, Estefany, center, and Jeffry, left, in Guatemala City. Contreras was four years old when she was separated from her parents by a Salvadoran soldier, who then registered her under a new name and forcibly adopted her during the country's civil war. The non-governmental agency Pro Búsqueda and the National Search Commission for Missing Children say they have documented at least ten cases of missing children who were abducted by Salvadoran military to raise as their own or to offer them for adoption in exchange for money. The agencies believe case numbers would be much higher if the military disclosed their national security archives. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Posted: 2/22/2013 2:03:26 PM EST
In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, Gregoria Herminia Contreras, 35, poses for a photo in Guatemala City. Contreras was four years old when she was separated from her parents by a Salvadoran soldier, who then registered her under a new name and forcibly adopted her during the country's civil war. The non-governmental agency Pro Búsqueda and the National Search Commission for Missing Children say they have documented at least ten cases of missing children who were abducted by Salvadoran military to raise as their own or to offer them for adoption in exchange for money. The agencies believe case numbers would be much higher if the military disclosed their national security archives. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Posted: 2/22/2013 2:03:26 PM EST
In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, a view of the Santo Domingo neighborhood where Gregoria Herminia Contreras, lives with her husband and their three children, in Guatemala City. Contreras was four years old when she was separated from her parents by a Salvadoran soldier, who then registered her under a new name and forcibly adopted her during the country's civil war. The non-governmental agency Pro Búsqueda and the National Search Commission for Missing Children say they have documented at least ten cases of missing children who were abducted by Salvadoran military to raise as their own or to offer them for adoption in exchange for money. The agencies believe case numbers would be much higher if the military disclosed their national security archives. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Posted: 2/22/2013 2:03:25 PM EST
In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, Gregoria Herminia Contreras, 35, poses for a photo with her husband Filadelfo Julian Ramos, in Guatemala City. Contreras was four years old when she was separated from her parents by a Salvadoran soldier, who then registered her under a new name and forcibly adopted her during the country's civil war. The non-governmental agency Pro Búsqueda and the National Search Commission for Missing Children say they have documented at least ten cases of missing children who were abducted by Salvadoran military to raise as their own or to offer them for adoption in exchange for money. The agencies believe case numbers would be much higher if the military disclosed their national security archives. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Posted: 2/19/2013 8:03:33 AM EST
FILE - The July 16, 2011 file photo shows two homosexual men holding hands during Christopher Street Day in Weimar, eastern Germany. Germany’s highest court ruled Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 that strengthens gay couples’ adoption rights.Germany has allowed same-sex couples to register civil partnerships that legally fall short of formal marriage since 2001. Until now, it allowed people to adopt a same-sex partner’s biological child _ but not that partner’s adopted child or stepchild. (AP Photo/dpa, Michael Reichel)
