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Baptists held for kidnapping released

Eight of 10 American missionaries held in Haiti on charges of kidnapping children in the wake of last month's massive earthquake have been released.

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Eight of 10 American missionaries held in Haiti on charges of kidnapping children in the wake of last month's massive earthquake have been released from jail and driven to the airport.

The US nationals, set free by Judge Bernard Saint-Vil, were placed in a van with diplomatic plates and driven out of the compound where they had been held since their arrest January 29.

The group was whisked into the Port-au-Prince airport, but when asked if they would stay overnight in Haiti, the group's lawyer Aviol Fleurant said, "I think so."


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