(CNN)Their eyes reflect childhoods marked by tragedy. Their faces show wrinkles made deeper by pain and the passage of time.

Tomasz Lazar spent hours photographing and interviewing adults who were ripped from their homes as children in the 1940s and forced to live thousands of miles away in Siberia.

"For me those faces are like maps," Lazar said. "The more you look at them, the more you are discovering."

Soviet authorities invaded Poland during World War II and deported hundreds of thousands of Poles. Some were sent to prison camps in the frozen wilderness of central Russia. Many were children. In effect, Moscow stole much of an entire generation of young Poles, a handful of whom Lazar has located seven decades later.

During Lazar's interviews, many of the survivors broke down in tears.

The only person who managed to get a full refund from the Isha Foundation is a Swede with roots in India. Jeya Balu had to fight hard to advertise a holy stone that cost her over SEK 60,000 and it required the help of a Muslim, a Christian, a Hindu and an atheist as well as a policeman to succeed. NewsVoice has interviewed Jeya.

It started in the 80s when Jeya Balu, who was born in India, searched for his biological roots. Jeya had moved to Sweden as an adopted child and DN reported with several full-page spreads about her journey back to her former homeland where she was reunited with her father and mother. There were two trips to India and several reports in Dagens Nyheter.

In the fall of 2014, it was time to find the spiritual roots and Jeya traveled alone to the spiritual organization Isha Foundation, which she had been following for some time online. She was fascinated by the spiritual leader's wisdom. He is called Sadhguru and he lives like a movie star in a self-built community near the city of Coimbatore in southern India.

Jeya Balu describes how she became enchanted by Sadhguru and his entourage of followers. She went so far as to order a sacred stone at a price that, with today's exchange rate (March 2015), corresponds to over SEK 60,000. When the shipping cost was added to the price, the final bill ended up being over SEK 90,000.

The "holy stone" of 165 kilos was to be initiated during a mass ceremony in a huge room filled with around 200 westerners, where most of them ordered the large holy 60,000 kroner stone. They had paid in cash or by bank card.

What J.K. Rowling Is Doing Right Now Will Make You Love Her Even More

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J.K. Rowling's story is well-known by now: A British woman living on welfare after a run of hardships, including her mother's death and the end of her marriage, takes a train and thinks of a story about a boy wizard. Thus, Harry Potter was born, and the rest is quite literally history.

Seven books and eight films in the Potter franchise later, however, Joanne Rowling remains a cultural force. She's written new books like The Casual Vacancy and The Cuckoo's Calling, the latter under a pseudonym, and launched the immersive Potter fan site, Pottermore. Yet perhaps most impressive has been Rowling's continued work in the worlds of activism and charity.

Harry Potter was a treasure. It's what's come afterward that's truly magical.

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Congo: Pittella and Kyenge, from Kinshasa commitment ok adoptions

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Congo. Si intensifica l’attività diplomatica per risolvere il blocco delle adozioni. Le missioni dell’Autorità Centrale francese e del Parlamento Europeo

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Due missioni diplomatiche si sono svolte nei primi giorni di aprile 2015 con l’obiettivo di accelerare la soluzione del caso relativo al blocco delle adozioni nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo. La prima ha visto il presidente del gruppo dei Socialisti e Democratici del Parlamento Europeo, Gianni Pittella, e il vicepresidente della Commissione parlamentare a Bruxelles Ue/Africa-Caraibi-Pacifico, Cecile Kyenge, recarsi a Kinshasa per affrontare l’argomento con il premier e il ministro della Giustizia congolesi. La seconda è stata invece portata avanti dall’Autorità Centrale francese per le adozioni internazionali che ha immediatamente comunicato l’avvenuta riunione tra i suoi rappresentanti e quelli dei ministeri congolesi interessati presso il Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale di Kinshasa.

“Le adozioni in Congo potrebbero presto ripartire. Il premier Augustin Matata Ponyo e il ministro della Giustizia congolese, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, ci hanno rassicurato circa la volontà del governo di sbloccare e facilitare il processo di adozioni fermo ormai dal 2013”. Lo dichiarano in una nota congiunta il presidente del gruppo dei Socialisti e Democratici al Parlamento europeo, Gianni Pittella, e il vice presidente della commissione parlamentare a Bruxelles Ue/Africa-Caraibi-Pacifico, Cecile Kyenge, al termine di un incontro a Kinshasa, nella Repubblica democratica del Congo, con il premier e il ministro della Giustizia congolesi.

COMUNICAT DE PRES?

Proiectul de lege pentru simplificarea adop?iei a fost finalizat

Autoritatea Na?ional? pentru Protec?ia Drepturilor Copilului ?i Adop?ie (ANPDCA), institu?ie public? aflat? în subordinea Ministerului Muncii, Familiei, Protec?iei Sociale ?i Persoanelor Vârstnice, a finalizat elaborarea proiectului de lege pentru modificarea ?i completarea Legii nr. 273/2004 privind procedura adop?iei.

ANPDCA inten?ioneaz? ca, prin modific?rile ?i complet?rile propuse, s? simplifice procedura de adop?ie ?i s? ofere solu?ii legislative care s? asigure o mai bun? func?ionare a actualului sistem de adop?ii. La ora actual?, în baza procedurilor stabilite de legea în vigoare, un copil declarat adoptabil ajunge într-o familie de adop?ie dup? o perioad? îndelungat?.

Cele mai importante modific?ri cuprinse în proiectul de lege sunt:

Adopter aux Etats-Unis

I - Exigences du droit local

II - Type de décision

III – Procédure

IV - Après l’arrivée de l’enfant en France

My Proud Sacrifice - Poems by Kevin Minh Allen

News & Information about Kevin Minh Allen's first book of poetry

Meeting Nguy?n Hoàng Kim Ph?ng

Many small, but no less significant, graces crossed my and my sister’s paths as we dipped our toes in the countless currents of life that coursed through Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. We both knew that by coming to the land of our birth questions of every nature would arise within ourselves and be asked by people we both knew and didn’t know based on our physical features and lack of Vietnamese language skills.

The one that will forever live on in my memory concerns a woman named Nguy?n Hoàng Kim Ph?ng. She worked at a restaurant (MZ Club, 56-56A Bui Thi Xuan St.) where we had decided to eat dinner one night. We chose this establishment mainly because of its close proximity to the hotel we were staying at; it was a couple minutes walk away and on the same side of the street as the hotel. Convenient.

U wilt een kind adopteren uit Nederland.

U denkt erover een kind te adopteren uit Nederland. Een kind adopteren is een ingrijpende beslissing, voor u maar ook voor het kind. In Nederland worden zeer weinig kinderen na hun geboorte afgestaan voor adoptie. De afgelopen 10 jaar ging het om gemiddeld 26 kinderen per jaar.

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