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A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian woman for a few years. One night, during one of their rendezvous, she confided in him that she was pregnant. Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to have the child. If...

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Child deaths from pneumonia and severe diarrhoea, mainly among the poor in Africa and South Asia, could be virtually eliminated by 2025 under an "integrated" strategy that includes better sanitation and newer vaccines, U.N. agencies said on Friday. The...

A California mother has been barred from the funeral for her 2-year-old daughter who died while in her care, officials said. Denise Wilder of Roseville must stay 500 yards away from any "funeral and/or memorial" for her daughter after the child's father, Mark Wilder, was granted a temporary...

Oak Grove Police in Kentucky went to 936 Linda Drive Sunday afternoon for a 6-year-old boy that was attacked by a dog. The boy died early Monday morning. The small German Shepherd was put down Monday afternoon. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. All parties involved are military families, and...

AP - Justin Bieber has denied allegations he fathered a child in a backstage bathroom and says he has never met the woman who filed the paternity suit against him. More...

Police in Strathmore, Alta., say a man was arrested after he allegedly tried to drown his infant daughter in a lake Friday evening. strathmore, abStrathmore, Alta. Strathmore RCMP were called to Kinsmen Lake at about 5 p.m. MT to reports that a drunk man was trying to drown a small child. When...

A Moncton, N.B., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing millions of images of child pornography, the largest collection ever found in Canada, according to the Crown prosecutor. Douglas Hugh Stewart, 51, was arrested in March as part of a police investigation into online trading in images of...

A member of the Canadian Forces has been charged with possessing child pornography. RCMP have charged a Canadian Forces soldier with possession of child pornography.RCMP have charged a Canadian Forces soldier with possession of child pornography. (CBC)RCMP said the Internet Child Exploitation...

The mother of a 4½-month-old Alberta infant who died six days after she was taken into government care is rejecting the allegations that led to the child's seizure. "Somebody just can't come into your home and say you're unfit and take your baby away," the woman said Thursday in an interview...

(CNN) -- Bowing to intense international pressure, Japan has taken a step closer to changing its international child custody policies. The Japanese Cabinet on Friday approved a plan that would bring the country's laws in line with the Hague convention on international child abduction, according...

The L.A. Times is reporting that former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver separated after Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child with a member of their household staff.

A mother and her child were taken to hospital on Friday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle as they crossed the street in the city's east end. The 26-year-old woman and her three-year-old son were crossing Carlaw Street at the corner of Queen Street East when they were hit by a taxi...

A four year-old girl in the United States has been rescued thanks to an internet child pornography investigation in Saskatchewan. Saskatoon police Det. Darren Parisien said the case began with the arrest of a 21-year-old man in Marshall, Sask., near Lloydminster. "The images were sent to this...

An ad on a popular P.E.I. buy-and-sell site offering a baby boy for adoption has turned out to be a scam, RCMP say. Tim and Stephanie Sock, who have adopted a child and are in the process of adopting another, discovered the ad while online recently looking to buy a pet. The ad, which appears...

-- A 2-year-old boy and his mother have been found dead inside a Massachusetts trash bin, leaving authorities Monday to track down whomever killed the two and put them there. Police discovered Maria Avelina Palaguachi-Cela, 25, and her toddler son Brian Palaguachi dead in the large metal bin...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2011/02/07/ng.tx.missing.toddler.hln -- The parents of a Texas toddler are struggling for answers days after their young son mysteriously disappeared from a house full of people. Sabrina Benitez, the 18-month-old's mother, said she believes the boy was...

A woman who allegedly abandoned her newborn baby in a west Edmonton hotel room was charged Friday under the province's Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act. The woman faces one charge of willfully causing a child to be in need of protective services. The baby, who is reported to be only two...

Northern Michigan media are reporting the chief technology officer with the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District is facing numerous sexual assault charges. Michael Robert Porter, once employed in Sault Ste. Marie by the Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District, was charged...

- A 6-year-old child was incorrectly placed in the care of Child Protective Services after a communication breakdown on what was the student’s first day at Indianapolis Public Schools, the school system confirmed Thursday. A police report detailed officials trying to determine the identity of...

Additional charges have been laid in connection with the gang rape of a teenage girl in an attack that was photographed and posted to the internet. A 16-year-old girl was raped by several people at a rave in Pitt Meadows, east of Vancouver, in September 2010, police have alleged. Cellphone...