1.   The parents refused to consent to the adoption.

2.   So they had applied to adopt one and waited anxiously for a call.

3.   The Wilson family applied to adopt all three types.

4.   The case involved a man who asked the Pretoria Supreme Court for permission to apply to adopt his son after his girlfriend put the boy up for adoption.

5.   One partner will also be able to apply to adopt the child of the other.

6.   Reactions were mixed in Sweden on Thursday after the Swedish parliament voted in favour of allowing homosexual couples the right to apply to adopt children.

7.   Sweden is the first country in Europe to allow same-sex couples to apply to adopt children from other countries.