PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A Haitian court has convicted American missionary Laura Silsby of arranging to transport 33 children out of the country following the January 12 earthquake. But the judge has sentenced her to time served in jail and she is free to leave the country. The Idaho woman got the good news during a court hearing Monday.(AP)
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