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American Aid Worker Released in Haiti

HeadlineDec 30, 2010

In news from Haiti, an American aid worker has been released from prison after being held for 18 days on accusations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer. The aid worker, Paul Waggoner, co-founded the Materials Management Relief Corps after last January’s devastating earthquake. In an interview last night on CNN, Waggoner said the kidnapping accusations were part of an extortion plot.

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