Silsby Facing New Charge

   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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