WORLD & NATION APRIL 26, 2013 • • • • » f • •# • J I* ••••••• rr* p z U) lU Z lU Z u >- CD (/) lU s g (/) u o z u z z u □ >- CQ u z a. g u CANADA The former method of correcting “lazy eye syndrome,” or amblyopia, by covering one eye to improve the other is known as “patching.” Now scientists in Canada are using a cure that proves more effective:Tetris. The classic video game forces both eyes to work together and strengthens sight. •••• •• ••• ••• • • • • • • • • • •• • •• ' # •••••• • • • • • • • • • • 9 • • • 9 #99 9 99 9999 9 994 999# 9999994 9 #999991 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 9999 99 9 9 9 9999 9 9999 9 99999 9999 9 99999 99999 9999 9 99999 99999 9999 9 99999 9999 9 9 9 99 99 9 9 99 99 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 99 99 9 9 9 99 9 9 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 9 9 999 999 999 999 9 99 99 9 999 99 9 999 999 999 999 999 9999999999999999999 9999999999999999999 99999999999999991 94 9999999999999999A9 999999999999 999M 999999999999999^ f 99999 iyM99 A>9 9T99 999999999999999 I i I MEXICO Two Mexican immigrants living and working in the U.S. illegally were injured in a car accident and sought medical attention in an Iowan hospital. Upon learning of their citizenship status, the hospital did not treat the men but instead airlifted the men to Mexico without consulting state or federal courts. 9999999999 99999 999999 9999999999999999999 99 99999999999 99999999 9 999999999999 999999 99 9 9 99 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 99 99 9 9 99 9 9 99 999 9 9 9 9 _• 9 9 9 9 9'9 9999 9 9 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 999999 9999 9 9 999999 999999 999999 9999 9 99# 9 999 9 99999 9 99999 99999 99999 9 9999 9 9 999# 99999 9999 9 9 9 99 9 9 9 9 '' 9 9 9 9 » 9 I 9 »99 199 I 9 999999999999 999999 9 9 9 9 9999999999 99999999999 99999999999 999999999999 9 9999999999 99 99999999 99 9999#9999 99 9 999 9 9 V 9 9999 999 4 99 94 9 9 91 9 9 91 9 '9 9 99 999 4 FRANCE On April 23, France became the 14th country to legalize gay marriage.The bill passed Parliament with a clear majority in a 331-225 vote despite divided support and organized protesting by thousands of the French public. Lawmakers claim the first gay wedding could be as early as June. 999999 999999 99999 9 9999 ' 9999 999 9999 99 99 9 9 99 999 9999 99999 99999 99999 99999 9999 9 9999 99 9 WASHINGTON, DC, USA Ricin,a toxin derived from castor beans which has no known antidote, was found in letters mailed directly to President Obama, Senator Roger Wicker and Mississippi Justice Court Judge Sadie Holland. The politicians and judge were not harmed, but Mississippi resident and Elvis impersonator Paul Kevin Curtis was charged with sending a threat to a president. However, charges were dropped April 23. 99 99 Prospective parents heartbroken: Russia refuses to complete adoptions BY JAMIE LUCKHAUS Staff Writer Twenty adopted Russian children have died at the hands of their American parents. This is the justification Russia gives for banning U.S. adoption of Russian-bom children. Russia's commissioner for human rights, democracy and rule of law, Konstantin Dolgov, met with U.S. officials April 17 and 18 to discuss international adoption policy according to Turkish Weekly. U.S. congressional sources say Russia refuses to complete adoptions that were in progress before the ban on Jan. 1. "I feel so sorry for the families and the children this (law) affects," said Tim Rouse, projects manager for the administration division at Guilford College, who adopted newborn Cassidy Jane from Florida this year. "I can tell you from experience that, when you lose a placement that you really believed was going to happen, it can be devastating," said Rouse. "For some, it is just as painful as having a miscarriage. It is heartbreaking. A better solution has to be out there." Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the ban in December in retaliation of the U.S. Magnitsky Act passed late last year, named after a Moscow lawyer who died in a Russian prison, according to National Journal. This law denies visas to Russians accused of human rights violations and freezes their assets in the U.S. At least 700 American families have filed for adoption with the Russian government and are now waiting for the ban to end according to Jan Wondra, vice chair for Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption. Of these families, an estimated 230 have already visited their prospective children and now worry whether they ever will again. Time and money are another flaw in the long process of adoption. "There's a lot of money that changes hands in going to adopt," said Christine Lawe who adopted her daughter 2^ya Over 600.000 Russian children currently live outside the custody of their biological parents, according to me New York Times. Although most live in foster homes, more than 130,000 live in Russia's orphanage center, including many with mental and physical health problems. from China in an interview with the Guilfordian. "Is it going directly to support that orphanage? Are people's palms being greaseci?" said Lawe. "You do not know where your money is going to so there is something imcomfortable about that." Over 600,000 Russian diildren currently live outside the custcxiy of their biological parents according to The New York limes. Although most live in foster homes, more than 1^,0(X) live in Russia's orphanage center, including many with mental and physical health problems. "If you are going to adopt, you should adopt from wherever it's needed most," said Early College student Thomas Lawe, Anya's brother. "(Adopt from a country) where orphanages are not a good place to be." After file ban, filmmaker Olga Loginova for Radio Free Europe visited her biological daughter's adopted mother, Tina Traster, to make a documentary proving that sucressful Russian adoptions do exist, according to The Daily Beast. "No one denies that 20 deaths of Russian-adopted children is a disturbing statistic," wrote Traster in her Women in the World article for the Daily Beast. "Something is not right... I know this because I adopted a child from Russia and because I speak to other adoptive parents of Russian children all the time." Less than two months after this law took effect, three-year- old Mad Shatto, adopted from Russia, was found (dead outside his Texas home. Supporters of the ban claim Shatto was murdered by his adoptive mother, though Texas investigators determined his death was a self-inflicted accident, according to the New York Times. Regardless, in the eyes of Russian President Putin, this is yet another case of an adopted Russian child dying on U.S. soil. In the eyes of Russian foster children, however, it is slamming the door shut on the home and family they almost had. 'To me, adopted children are more ffian loved, they are chosen," said Rouse. 'The only other person that we get to choose to be a part of our family is our spouse. And to me, that makes the relationship all the more special."