French families adopt 318 children from Haiti... (photos)

These are the heart-warming pictures that show Haitian children being granted a new chance to make the most of their lives.

For these 318 youngsters are the lucky ones who will not be spending Christmas in their crisis-hit home country, but getting to know their new adopted families... in France.

The first two flights left Port-au-Prince, the Haiti capital, for Paris yesterday, after French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie sanctioned the adoptions on Saturday. More + photos...

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