A new web show called "BUMP+" is stirring up controversy and conversation about abortion. It's a "fake" reality show in which three actresses portray women facing unintended pregnancies. These characters, entirely fictional, have agreed to appear on a reality TV show and let the public weigh in on what they should do about their pregnancies: keep it, terminate it, adoption?

Despite being legalized nearly 40 years ago, the topic of abortion still raises huge controversy in the US, as some argue it is leading to genocide of the African-American population. The founder of www.blackgenocide.org website, Rev. Dr. Clenard H. Childress Jr., has told RT that African-American women are being sold abortions.

Love and marriage...Do they actually go together, or is the institution becoming obsolete in the 21st Century? rt's Lori Harfenist, also known as The Resident, hits the streets of New York to find out.

RT takes you to the region that's home to more than thirty ethnic groups, and is said to have given the world the famous Russian dish, Pelmeni. rt's correspondent Igor Ogorodnev has the story with an authentic Siberian flavour.

It is estimated that more than 70000 children go missing in China every year, an average of 192 a day. Child trafficking is seen as a growing problem in China, despite government attempts to crack down on it. On this edition of 101 East, we ask if more can be done to stop the black market trade of children in China.

Over 1.7 million British youngsters live in "severe poverty," deprived of adequate food and clothing, a children's charity has revealed.

The research conducted by Save the Children organization showed that by the end of year 2008, the number of impoverished children in the UK had risen by 260,000, that is two percentage points higher than what was calculated in 2004-05.

British child welfare activists have asked the attorney general to double the sentence of the two brothers convicted in the Edlington torture case, which was one of a number of incidents that have raised serious concerns about social and moral decay in the UK.

The 11- and 10-year-old brothers, whose names have not been disclosed for legal reasons, were handed down an indeterminate sentence Friday for a prolonged "sadistic" attack on two innocent children in Edlington, near Doncaster, last April.