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Fathers across the world
Updated: 2011-06-18 15:22
(CFP and agencies)
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 Gil Bates (right) poses for a picture with his wife Kelly Bates (second right) and their 18 children in Lake city, Tennessee, United States, Sept 26, 2010. The impressive brood range from 21-year-old Zachh to newborn baby Judson Wyatt. Proud father Gil, 45, runs a tree surgery business which the older boys help with, and is constantly expanding his rural home to accommodate the ever-expanding family. The Bates have never claimed state benefits and believe that children are a blessing from god. [Photo/CFP]
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 Jiang Qisen plays with an adopted baby in Jiaozhou, Shandong province, June 16, 2009. Jiang and her wife adopted four babies with special needs with financial support from US-based Half the Sky Foundation. Jiang gets up at five every morning to take care of the children. "I can do the job as well as a woman," Jiang said. [Photo/CFP]
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