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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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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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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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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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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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U.S. missionary freed by N. Korea is on his way home (AP)

American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP – Looking pale and drawn, an American missionary was on his way home Saturday after being freed by North Korea, which detained him for illegally crossing its border from China on Christmas Day.


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US missionary freed by NKorea is on his way home (AP)

American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP – Looking pale and drawn, an American missionary was on his way home Saturday after being freed by North Korea, which detained him for illegally crossing its border from China on Christmas Day.


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