"how love works"

found in one of my favourite sites.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/love.htm

i think it's kinda funny...hehe...

unbelievable.

Chinese officials sentenced for selling stolen babies
Last Updated Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:59:51 EST

CBC News

The Chinese government has broken up a ring that bought stolen babies who were eventually adopted by foreign parents, the Xinhua News Agency said Saturday.

The ring operated for three years and sold 78 babies in 2005 alone.

The government said 10 people were sentenced for their parts in the crime.

The ring bought the babies from thieves and resold them to "welfare homes" (orphanages) in the southern city of Hengyang for about $575 each.

"The social welfare homes then had the infants adopted by foreigners who made donations," Xinhua said.

Foreigners often pay thousands of dollars to adopt a Chinese baby, particularly girls. Chinese officials are worried that foreigners may stop adopting children if they suspect the babies were stolen or purchased.

No details were provided about the children or their adoptive parents.

Three baby traffickers were sentenced to 15 years in jail and a $6,900 fine. Six accomplices received lesser sentences and the director of the Hengdong Social Welfare Home was sentenced to a year in prison. He is currently a fugitive.

Another 22 officials, including top administrators and orphanage directors, were fired for negligence, Xinhua said.

what a sad sad world we live in.

my art

finally jumped on the bandwagon.
(i must say, it's really nice getting comments from anonymous ppl who like my art)