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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U,S.-based missionary group has demanded a $17 million ransom for them, according to Haiti’s justice minister, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group is demanding $1 million ransom per person, although authorities are not clear whether that includes the five children being held, a top Haitian official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group, including one Canadian, is demanding US$1 million ransom per person, although authorities are not clear whether that includes the five children being held, a top Haitian official told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Haiti’s justice minister says the gang is demanding $1 million per person for the 16 Americans and one Canadian kidnapped, including 5 children.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Associated Press) -- The usually chaotic streets of Haitis capital were quiet and largely empty Monday as thousands of workers angry ...

Eru George farewelled: Mourners pay tribute to Te Arawa kaumātua 30 Dec, 2020 02:59 AM 5 minutes to read Eru Georges coffin is carried out of Mokai Marae. Photo / Andrew Warner A gentleman, a leader with immense knowledge and a snappy dresser - to know Eru George is to know a man considered among his people as a "real treasure". It was a farewell fitting for the humble Te Arawa kaumātua as hundreds of people gathered at Mokai Marae, between Rotorua and Taupō, to remember th...