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Missionaries made daring escape in Haiti, church group says

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Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday.

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  1. NWI Times

    Missionaries made daring escape in Haiti, church group says (opens NWI Times)

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    Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday.

  2. Al Jazeera

    US aid group details ‘miraculous’ missionary escape in Haiti (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Twelve hostages kidnapped by Haitian gang walked to freedom last week on moonlit terrain, Christian Aid Ministries says.

  3. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Church agency: Captive missionaries made daring escape (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday.

  4. New York Times

    Haiti Missionaries Describe Dramatic Escape From Kidnappers (opens New York Times)

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    The group of 12 included several children. They walked 10 miles through the night. Later that day, they were on a Coast Guard flight to Florida.

  5. CBS News

    Kidnapped U.S. missionaries made daring overnight escape, church agency says (opens CBS News)

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    The group of 12 navigated by stars to reach safety after a two-month kidnapping ordeal, the Christian Aid Ministries said.

  6. FOX 35 Orlando

    Missionaries freed from captivity in Haiti last week made daring overnight escape to elude kidnappers (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday.

  7. Delaware Public Media

    Missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti escaped from their abductors, aid group says (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The group of 12 navigated by stars to reach safety after a two-month kidnapping ordeal, officials with Christian Aid Ministries, the Ohio-based agency that the missionaries work for, said on Monday.

  8. France 24

    Missionary hostages escaped Haiti kidnappers: church organization (opens France 24)

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    Twelve North American gang hostages held for months in Haiti orchestrated their own escape last week, hiking for miles under cover of darkness carrying young children, their church organization said…

  9. Christianity Today

    Agency: Haiti Missionaries Made ‘Daring’ Escape to Evade Kidnappers (opens Christianity Today)

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    New details are emerging over how the remaining 12 missionaries, including young children, ended up free from the 400 Mawozo gang.

  10. Los Angeles Times

    Captive missionaries in Haiti made daring escape, says church agency (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Captive missionaries in Haiti made a daring overnight escape last week, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles with an infant and other children in tow.

  11. Voice of America

    12 Released Missionaries Detail Daring Escape From Haiti (opens Voice of America)

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    The 12, along with 5 others who had been previously released, were kidnapped in October

  12. Breitbart News

    Kidnapped Haiti Missionaries Describe Courageous Midnight Escape (opens Breitbart News)

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    Christian Aid Ministries reveals how twelve of its missionaries managed to escape last week from the Haitian gang that kidnapped them.

  13. The Week

  14. France 24

    American missionaries describe daring escape from Haitian kidnappers (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Twelve North American gang hostages held for months in Haiti orchestrated their own escape last week, hiking for miles under cover of darkness carrying young children, their church organization said…

  15. The Christian Post

    Missionaries staged daring escape from kidnappers in Haiti, CAM reveals (opens The Christian Post)

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    The final 12 of the 17 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti on Oct. 16 executed a daring escape plan after they prayed, allowing them to gain freedom last Wednesday, the international charity has revealed.

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