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Baby hatch got three kids in March

KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) The baby hatch at a Kumamoto hospital where newborns can be dropped off anonymously received two baby boys and one girl in March, sources said Monday. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Mon, Mar 31 2008

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