11.   He has asked the U.S. government to help him retrieve the child.

12.   He surfaced a week later in Tehran, saying he had been in Germany trying to retrieve his children.

13.   His wife said he never showed up and Sarkuhi surfaced in December in Tehran, telling reporters he had been in Germany trying to retrieve his children.

14.   In many cases, the parents have found it impossible to retrieve their children even though they have international law on their side.

15.   In Omaha, Indianapolis and Des Moines, Iowa, parents rushed to retrieve children enrolled in day-care centers housed in federal buildings.

16.   In part, Washington wants to cooperate so as not to jeopardize its own efforts to retrieve American children who are abducted to foreign countries.

17.   Sarkuhi surfaced a week later in Tehran, saying he had been in Germany trying to retrieve his children.

18.   Sarkuhi surfaced a week later in Tehran, telling reporters he had been in Germany trying to retrieve his children.

19.   Sarkuhi surfaced in December in Tehran, telling reporters he had been in Germany trying to retrieve his children.

20.   All legal and political efforts to retrieve the children have failed, and the issue has gained wide media exposure.