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Sick orphans 'biggest losers' in Russian anti-US adoption law

Sick or handicapped children will be the biggest losers in a Russian law banning adoption of Russian children by American families, adoption agencies have warned.

Children play on May 12, 2010 in an orphanage in Moscow. Sick or handicapped children will be the biggest losers in a Russian law banning adoption of Russian children by American families, adoption agencies have warned.

Agencies working in Russia told AFP that while Russian parents were increasingly adopting children it was American families who were prepared for the challenge of adopting sick orphans.

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