1.
Study: More than half of pets overweight
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 30 (UPI) -- More Chinese children have vanished from a reception center in Sweden where they were given temporary refuge.
Officials say 96 children appearing to be between the ages of 12 and 18 have entered the country in the past year, The Local reported. Ninety have disappeared with 30 of them picked up by police in other countries.
Britt Eklund, chief executive of the Sigtuna Council, which finds temporary homes for the children, said most vanish within a few days of arrival. He fears they have been brought to Sweden by human traffickers.
The flow of children slowed down last year after a Chinese couple was convicted of trafficking. But authorities say the problem has picked up recently, with 23 disappearances in the past three weeks.
Barry Gunnarson, head of the police force at Arlanda Airport, said border police confiscate cell phones from the Chinese children. But he said many have phone cards concealed in their clothing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Authorities in South Carolina said they were investigating the disappearance of a woman whose fiance was found dead in the couple's home near Charleston.
|
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
A funeral is being planned for songstress Whitney Houston in her hometown of Newark, N.J., later this week, sources close to her family told NBC New York.
|
ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Finance leaders in Europe say Greece has more to do to secure an international bailout loan that would stave off default when bonds mature in late March.
|
NEWPORT, R.I., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Lottery officials said Monday the winning $336.4 million Powerball ticket was sold at a Rhode Island convenience store, but the winner had yet to come forward.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
