A Chinese mother who was threatened with sterilization under China’s “one-child” policy may be allowed to stay in the United States, now that federal  prosecutors have decided to drop a passport-fraud charge filed after her arrival  on a cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale.

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia >> Prosecutors in Malaysia have charged a school warden with the murder of a 7-year-old boy accused of stealing money from a classmate.

TENANCINGO, Mexico — In this impoverished town in central Mexico, a sinister trade has taken root: entire extended families exploit desperation and lure hundreds of unsuspecting young Mexican women to the United States to force them into prostitution.