Last Minute News Topics» haiti http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 US missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/us-missionary-convicted-in-haiti-but-free-to-go-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/us-missionary-convicted-in-haiti-but-free-to-go-ap#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 02:04:41 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/us-missionary-convicted-in-haiti-but-free-to-go-ap U.S. missionary Laura Silsby, center, leaves a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Monday, May 17, 2010. Silsby, the last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake was released after a judge convicted her and sentenced her to the time she had already served in jail. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP – The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake was freed Monday when a judge convicted her but sentenced her to time already served in jail.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/us-missionary-convicted-in-haiti-but-free-to-go-ap/feed 0 Haiti prosecutors urge prison for US missionary (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-prosecutors-urge-prison-for-us-missionary-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-prosecutors-urge-prison-for-us-missionary-ap#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 23:19:26 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-prosecutors-urge-prison-for-us-missionary-ap U.S. missionary Laura Silsby, top, speaks during an audience at a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, May 13, 2010. Silsby should spend six months in prison for her failed attempt to remove 33 children from Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake, a prosecutor said Thursday on the first day of her trial. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP – A U.S. missionary should spend six months in prison for her failed attempt to remove 33 children from Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake, a prosecutor said Thursday on the first day of her trial.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-prosecutors-urge-prison-for-us-missionary-ap/feed 0 Haiti tosses kidnapping charges against Americans (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-tosses-kidnapping-charges-against-americans-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-tosses-kidnapping-charges-against-americans-ap#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:30:41 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-tosses-kidnapping-charges-against-americans-ap FILE - In this March 8, 2010 file photo, US missionary Laura Silsby, 40, of Meridian, Idaho, is escorted by police officers upon her arrival to the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A Haitian judge has dropped kidnapping charges against all 10 U.S. missionaries detained for trying to take children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake. But Silsby, the only missionary still in jail, still faces a charge of organizing the illegal transport of 33 children in the chaos after the disaster. The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)AP – A Haitian judge said Monday he has dismissed kidnapping and criminal association charges against 10 American missionaries detained for trying to take a busload of children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-tosses-kidnapping-charges-against-americans-ap/feed 0 Michelle Obama visits quake-ravaged Haiti (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/michelle-obama-visits-quake-ravaged-haiti-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/michelle-obama-visits-quake-ravaged-haiti-ap#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:38:42 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/michelle-obama-visits-quake-ravaged-haiti-ap A Haitian woman carries her child to school near a destroyed supermarket on April 12, in Port-au-Prince. US First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to Haiti on Tuesday three months after the Caribbean nation's capital was devastated by a massive earthquake.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)AP – First lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the devastated Haitian capital Tuesday, joining a long list of political figures and celebrities who have toured the country and affirmed international support for reconstruction.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/michelle-obama-visits-quake-ravaged-haiti-ap/feed 0 Clinton to co-chair Haiti rebuilding authority (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/clinton-to-co-chair-haiti-rebuilding-authority-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/clinton-to-co-chair-haiti-rebuilding-authority-ap#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:19:19 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/clinton-to-co-chair-haiti-rebuilding-authority-ap AP – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will co-chair a committee overseeing at least $3.8 billion in post-quake aid to Haiti, the ravaged country’s prime minister said.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/clinton-to-co-chair-haiti-rebuilding-authority-ap/feed 0 Shelter plan emerging ahead of Haiti donor meeting (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/shelter-plan-emerging-ahead-of-haiti-donor-meeting-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/shelter-plan-emerging-ahead-of-haiti-donor-meeting-ap#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:50:09 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/shelter-plan-emerging-ahead-of-haiti-donor-meeting-ap Women balance buckets of water on their heads as they return to their tents in a camp for people displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, March 27, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving more than a million people living in makeshift camps. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)AP – Aid officials say they have finally figured out where to put hundreds of thousands of Haitians who lost their homes in a cataclysmic earthquake: right back where they came from.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/shelter-plan-emerging-ahead-of-haiti-donor-meeting-ap/feed 0 Frustrations await Bush, Clinton visit to Haiti (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/frustrations-await-bush-clinton-visit-to-haiti-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/frustrations-await-bush-clinton-visit-to-haiti-ap#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:36:18 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/frustrations-await-bush-clinton-visit-to-haiti-ap A girl walks at a homeless earthquake survivors camp during heavy rains in Port-au-Prince, Friday, March 19, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving more than a million people living in makeshift camps. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP – One restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the country of its tumultuous recent past just as frustration over an uneven earthquake relief effort is bringing politics back to the surface.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/frustrations-await-bush-clinton-visit-to-haiti-ap/feed 0 9th US missionary freed in Haiti, returns home (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/9th-us-missionary-freed-in-haiti-returns-home-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/9th-us-missionary-freed-in-haiti-returns-home-ap#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:19:26 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/9th-us-missionary-freed-in-haiti-returns-home-ap Charisa Coulter, second from right, of Meridian, Idaho, one of two US Baptist missionaries held on kidnapping charges in Haiti, arrives to the airport, accompanied by US embassy staff, after her release from jail in Port-au-Prince, Monday, March 8, 2010. Coulter was set free more than a month after she and nine other Americans were arrested for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without proper documents after the Jan. 12 earthquake. Laura Silsby, the leader of the Idaho-based missionaries, remains detained. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP – A U.S. missionary held for more than a month in Haiti on kidnapping charges flew back to the United States after being released from prison, while the leader of her Baptist group remained in custody.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/9th-us-missionary-freed-in-haiti-returns-home-ap/feed 0 Freed missionary arrives in US from Haiti jail (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/freed-missionary-arrives-in-us-from-haiti-jail-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/freed-missionary-arrives-in-us-from-haiti-jail-ap#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:28:17 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/freed-missionary-arrives-in-us-from-haiti-jail-ap Charisa Coulter, second from right, of Meridian, Idaho, one of two US Baptist missionaries held on kidnapping charges in Haiti, arrives to the airport, accompanied by US embassy staff, after her release from jail in Port-au-Prince, Monday, March 8, 2010. Coulter was set free more than a month after she and nine other Americans were arrested for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without proper documents after the Jan. 12 earthquake. Laura Silsby, the leader of the Idaho-based missionaries, remains detained. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP – One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti has arrived in the U.S. after being released after more than a month in custody.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/freed-missionary-arrives-in-us-from-haiti-jail-ap/feed 0 Haiti frees US missionary; group leader still held (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-frees-us-missionary-group-leader-still-held-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-frees-us-missionary-group-leader-still-held-ap#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:42:31 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-frees-us-missionary-group-leader-still-held-ap US missionary Laura Silsby, 40, of Meridian, Idaho, arrested on child kidnapping charges, is escorted by police officers upon her arrival to the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, Monday, March 8, 2010. The Idaho missionary was detained with nine other Americans on Jan. 29 while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti without the proper documents. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP – One of two U.S. Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released Monday, but the group’s leader remained in custody.


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