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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ The last of 10 American
missionaries detained in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping is facing
a new charge.
Judge Bernard Saint-Vil says Laura Silsby has been charged for a
newly discovered, alleged attempt to bus child earthquake survivors
to the Dominican Republic on Jan. 26.
She already could face trial on kidnapping and
criminal-association charges from her group‘s attempt to take 33
children across the border without permission three days later.
Saint-Vil has added the new charge of ``organization of
irregular trips,‘‘ from a 1980 law restricting travel out of Haiti
that was signed by then-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.
The judge said Friday he has until early May to decide whether
to release Silsby or order a trial.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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