A Dutch couple has reportedly been arrested in Sri Lanka on charges of attempting to illegally adopt a child.

They are alleged to have been prepared to pay a "large sum of money to complete the adoption, and had intended to smuggle the child from Sri Lanka to the Netherlands."

Given that Holland is a Hague country, if the story is true ... and I'm having a heck of a time finding corroboration, as the few clips around are verbatim copies of one very short release ... it would be interesting to learn how the child would be integrated into the Netherlands, unless the entire plan has more to do with recruiting for nefarious reasons that have nothing to do with adoption.

Korean-born and American adopted former "Survivor" participant, Stacy Kimball is auctioning off the yellow bikini she wore on the show for a charity that inspires her because of a condition her mother suffers, Type 1 diabetes.

"When my parents had my brother, two miracles happened that day. He was born healthy and my mother made it through safe and sound. Rather than taking the health risk on a second biological child, they looked into adoption. This is where I come into the picture. Born in Seoul, S, Korea, at 6 months old I was lucky to end up in such a loving home. I don't really know where or how to begin to say thank you to my parents for being the pillars that have held me up for so many years. My words can come easy, but I'd rather have my actions speak for me," she said of the auction.

Catholic adoption agencies in Britain are choosing to close down rather than have to accept same-sex couples as parents.

And also in the UK, controversy continues over the government program to increase adoptions, focusing for the moment on a BBC series.

One episode of "Family Wanted" shows an 18-year-old mother with an IQ of 63 who was deemed to be incapable of parenting. This specific segment has, however, been banned from the show by a High Court ruling that says it would invade the woman's privacy. Other's disagree, and feel banning the broadcast prevents the woman's story from being told.

A press release from Snowflakes Frozen Embryos is promoting their product in Ohio.

Saying they give "couples that cannot conceive a chance at a family by adopting embryos already in existence", they're also apparently arranging "play-date" reunions between donors and their "adopted children".

I'm not at all sure that 'donor' is a word that's used, actually ... it's "donating and adoptive participants" in the release. Aside from the fact that the name of the company "Snowflakes" sounds very strange to me, conveying all sorts of images that all tend to eventually land somewhere around frozen and flakey, I'm just not all that comfy with a headline on their web page that reads: Interested in adopting multi-ethnic embryos?

I could be completely off-base here, though, and would happily listen to more informed takes on the practice.