Last Minute News Topics » missionary http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:52:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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 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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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/haiti-frees-us-missionary-group-leader-still-held-ap/feed 0 U.S. missionary freed by N. Korea is on his way home (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/u-s-missionary-freed-by-n-korea-is-on-his-way-home-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/u-s-missionary-freed-by-n-korea-is-on-his-way-home-ap#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:20:31 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/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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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/u-s-missionary-freed-by-n-korea-is-on-his-way-home-ap/feed 0 US missionary freed by NKorea is on his way home (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/us-missionary-freed-by-nkorea-is-on-his-way-home-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/us-missionary-freed-by-nkorea-is-on-his-way-home-ap#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:55:31 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/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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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/us-missionary-freed-by-nkorea-is-on-his-way-home-ap/feed 0 American missionary freed by North Korea (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/american-missionary-freed-by-north-korea-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/american-missionary-freed-by-north-korea-ap#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:38:25 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/american-missionary-freed-by-north-korea-ap In this undated photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, American missionary Robert Park speaks about his crossing the frozen Tumen River into North Korea from China last December. North Korea said on Friday it has decided to free the detained American missionary who crossed its border to raise human rights issues. Robert Park slipped across the frozen Tumen River into North Korea from China carrying letters calling on North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to shut the country's camps for political prisoners and step down from power.(AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)AP – An American missionary arrived in Beijing on Saturday after being freed by North Korea, which had detained him for illegally crossing its border from China on Christmas Day.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/american-missionary-freed-by-north-korea-ap/feed 0 Lawyer: Missionary leader to blame for kidnap case (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawyer-missionary-leader-to-blame-for-kidnap-case-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawyer-missionary-leader-to-blame-for-kidnap-case-ap#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:52:26 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawyer-missionary-leader-to-blame-for-kidnap-case-ap Laura Silsby, 40, center, and Charisa Coulter, 24, left, both of Boise, Idaho, are escorted out of the court building in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. The ten Americans detained in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the earthquake, were charged with child kidnapping and criminal association, after a judge found sufficient evidence to file the charges, according to their Haitian lawyer Edwin Coq. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)AP – Ten Baptist missionaries are facing kidnapping charges in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country, and the lawyer for all the defendants is putting the blame on the group’s leader.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/lawyer-missionary-leader-to-blame-for-kidnap-case-ap/feed 0 Students help missionary team on its way to Haiti http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/742/students-help-missionary-team-on-its-way-to-haiti http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/742/students-help-missionary-team-on-its-way-to-haiti#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:19:07 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/742/students-help-missionary-team-on-its-way-to-haiti Rescuers pull survivor from Haiti quake rubble
Stunned rescuers wrenched a survivor from the rubble after 12 days entombed in Haiti’s quake-ravaged capital, where desperate crowds clamoured yesterday for more and quicker relief.

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NGO worker reports from Haiti
As People in Need’s Haiti relief coordinator, Kutilová says it will take years to rebuild Port-au-Prince. The Czech Republic has contributed 80 million Kč ($4.4 million) to relief efforts in Haiti thus far.

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Long Hill’s Stirling Hotel to match donations to Haiti relief
LONG HILL TWP. – A Haiti Earthquake Relief Fundraiser organized by a Bernards Township couple to help Heartline Ministries deliver vital services in Haiti will be held Thursday, Jan. 28, through Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Stirling Hotel, 227 Main Ave., Stirling.

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Be alert to online pleas to aid Haiti
WASHINGTON — The FBI is reminding Internet users who receive appeals to donate money in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti to apply a critical eye and do some research before responding to requests.

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Students help missionary team on its way to Haiti
Pastors Preston Edmonds and Greg Edmonds load supplies collected by teachers and students at Mayo Elementary School. Greg Edmonds will take the supplies to Haiti as he begins a 10-day medical mission trip.

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