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Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans

Associated Press/AP Online 8:09 PM ET

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said.

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