How International Adoption Can be Wholly Misunderstood

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-couple-cleared-daughters-death-leaves-qatar-121649335.html

By Abdullah Rebhy

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An American couple cleared of charges in their adopted daughter's death left the Gulf Arab nation of Qatar on Wednesday, leaving behind them a nearly two-year saga that ended with a court ruling absolving them of any wrongdoing.

The Los Angeles couple, Matthew and Grace Huang, caught international attention after they were arrested in January 2013 on murder charges following the death in Qatar of their 8-year-old daughter Gloria, who was born in Ghana.

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How not to be "THAT" American Traveler

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/travel/how-to-spot-an-american-in-an-airport-104190326577.html

By Sid Lipsey

It doesn’t take a red, white, and blue suitcase and a T-shirt reading “God Bless the USA” to flag someone as an American — especially in a foreign airport. We Yanks tend to stick out. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing; we love it when people walk up to us when we’re traveling overseas and ask, “Are you American?”

But a lot of times, they don’t even have to ask. We say and do things in airports that out ourselves immediately as residents of the Land of the Free.

Here are the top 10 ways to spot Americans in an airport.

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All American Girl with an Armenian Heart and Soul