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HAITI / COURT HEARING

Five of the ten Americans held on child abduction charges are taken to a Port-au-Prince court. MINUSTAH

Duration:01:42Date:08 February 2010

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CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, HAITI, United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

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STORY: HAITI / COURT HEARING 
TRT: 1:42
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE 8 FEBRUARY 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, police convoy transporting American detainees 
2. Med Shot, American detainees in police car 
3. Close up, Laura Silsby in police car 
4. Pan left, police car arriving at court 
5. Med shot, detainees talking inside police car 
6. Close up, Laura Silsby talking in police car 
7. Med shot, Red hair detainee stepping out of police car and being led away by police 
8. Med shot, police standing 
9. Med shot, Silsby and police rushing their way through crowd of journalists into cell 
10. Close up police in their vehicle 
11. Med shot, police guarding vehicle with detainees 
12. Close up, other detainees in police car 
13. Wide shot, police vehicles 
14. Med shot, police taking other detainees out of car 
15. Med shot, cameramen filming 
16. Med shot, other detainees being led into court by police 
17. Wide shot, court of justice

STORYLINE:

Five of the ten Americans held on child abduction charges were in a Port-au-Prince court today for hearings. The Americans were accused of trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country to the Dominican Republic last month.

Laura Silsby, the leader of the group was among the five Americans in court. There were reports over the weekend of eight of the ten admitting they came here as volunteers and were mislead by Silsby.

The other five will be examined tomorrow (9 Feb) and all ten will be together for a hearing on Wednesday.

Officials said they hoped to interview most of the parents of the children before the end of the week. The judge will have three months to examine the case and then make a final decision.

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