Linda Wells, 50, from New Mexico in the United States, grieves over her
adopted Chinese-born daughter Kailee, featured in the front picture,
who needs a bone marrow transplant to cure a severe illness during a
news conference in Beijing February 18, 2003. Kailee, 6, also known by
her Chinese name Changban, was adopted by Linda as a baby after she was
abandoned as a 10-day old on the doorstep of a teacher-training college
in Hunan province in China. At the age of five, Kailee was diagnosed
with severe aplastic anaemia and is now critically ill. She could die
within months if a suitable donor is not found. REUTERS/Wilson Chu

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