Roma leaders and right activists in Bulgaria have expressed concerns about media coverage of the case of a blond girl removed from her Roma family in Greece. DNA test have established that the Bulgarian Roma couple are the parents of the girl named Maria. Here is report by Nick Thorpe .

As police in Greece and Bulgaria try to investigate whether any money changed hands between her natural parents and those with whom she was found. The case also illustrates the depth of poverty in which the Roma still live throughout Eastern Europe.

The director of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Krassimir Kanev, told the BBC that the media attention surrounding Maria's case could undermine years of patient work integrating the Roma into mainstream society and overcoming negative stereotypes of the Roma as child traffickers or thieves.

Layers for the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta have asked the International Criminal Court to postpone his trial for crimes against humanity, citing last month's attack on the Westgate shopping center. They want the hearing, due to begin next month to be delayed until February. Mr. Kenyatta's defence team argue that the trial will prevent him from exercising leadership during what they described as an international crisis. Earlier, the court ruled that Kenya's deputy Prime Minister William Ruto had to attend most of his trial for crimes against humanity.

BBC News.

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