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Nation snubs Elton John’s attempt to adopt orphan

Sun, Sep 20 2009 15:18 CET

byIryna Prymachyk -- Kyiv Post

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Nation snubs Elton John’s attempt to adopt orphan

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Lev Eltonovich John. That is how a Ukrainian orphan might be known if famous British pop singer Elton John, born Reginald Dwight, were to legally adopt the 14-month-old boy. But alas, such an event became very unlikely after Ukrainian authorities declared John ineligible.

Images of John kissing and cuddling Lev, the boy who "has stolen my heart," spread quickly all over the world after the singer’s performance on Sept. 12 at an orphanage for HIV-affected children. The star visited the eastern Donetsk Oblast city of Makiyivka. He came at the invitation of Olena Franchuk, whose Ukrainian Anti-AIDS Foundation works with Elton John’s AIDS Foundation. Franchuk is the daughter of ex-President Leonid Kuchma and the wife of Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk.

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Anonymous cathy pool Sat, Sep 26 2009 06:42 CET
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I think Elton should be able to adopt.He has so much to ofer a child.

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