The 1989 overthrow and execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu provided the first glimpse of a country that had been mostly closed to the outside world — and many of the scenes were appalling ...

After the fall of communism in Romania, the world was shocked to discover a vast system of orphanages where unwanted children languished in cribs with little attention from caregivers. Sixteen years ...

Four-year-old Alina stood in her diaper, her bright eyes looking past the end of her bottle at the American woman who intended to adopt her from a maternity hospital in rural Romania. This is how Mary ...

Reporter Tom Jarriel and ABC's 20/20 return to Romania tonight to update a 1990 story on the problems of orphans. What they find will make you heartsick -- a baby black market, government failure and ...

LONDON (AP) — Romanian children adopted from overcrowded orphanages in the 1990s were more likely to suffer psychological problems as adults compared to other children taken in by British families, ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- It took a lot of twists and turns of fate for Rob Brekke to end up in Detroit Lakes: He was adopted from an orphanage in Romania when he was 2 years old. The Serban home in ...

It's been nearly a quarter-century since the world was shocked by the horrible scenes from Romanian orphanages. The worst abuses have been halted... First of two stories The 1989 overthrow and ...