Us Baptists To Appear Before Haitian Prosecutor (ap)

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Residents of the mountain village of Callebas, Haiti, including Melanie Augustin, left, and Sorianta Leantus, second from right, pose for a photo Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Parents in this struggling village said they willingly handed 20 children over to the American missionaries who promised the kids a better life, contradicting claims by the Baptist group's leader that the children came from orphanages and distant relatives. Augustin gave away her 10-year-old daughter, Jozin, and Leantus, who's pregnant with her third child, gave away her a 6-year-old daughter to the American missionaries who were later arrested by Haitian authorities after trying to cross the border with the children without the required paperwork. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP – Parents in this quake-wracked Haitian village unable to feed or clothe their children handed the youngsters over to a group of American missionaries who promised to give them a better life.

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