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Missionaries freed by Haitian judge land in US

MIAMI — Eight American missionaries freed by a Haitian judge landed in Miami early Thursday, nearly three weeks after the group was charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of the quake-stricken country. Lt. Kenneth Scholz with the U.S. Southern Command said a U.S. Airforce C-130 cargo plane carrying the Americans landed at 12:04 a.m. at Miami International Airport. The group still hadn’t emerged from customs as of early Thursday.

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