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Ten American missionaries have been detained in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the earthquake on January 12th.

Pastor Jean Sainvil says he gave the missionaries permission to move a busload of Haitian children to the Dominican Republic, but he says the Idaho group didn’t complete the required paperwork.

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By JENNIFER KAY, Associated Press Writer Jennifer Kay, Associated Press Writer

MIAMI – The U.S. military has halted flights carrying Haitian earthquake victims to the United States because of an apparent cost dispute, though a doctor warned that some injured patients faced imminent death if the flights don’t resume.

The evacuations were temporarily suspended Wednesday, said Capt. Kevin Aandahl, spokesman for U.S. Transportation Command. The flights were halted a day after Florida Gov. Charlie Crist asked the federal government to help pay for care.

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Reports rose Jan. 18 of looting and vigilantism among increasingly desperate earthquake survivors as Port-au-Prince awaits the deployment of more US troops. A 12,000-strong US contingent is expected to arrive by the end of the week, to assist the 3,000 police and some 9,000 troops from the UN force MINUSTAH in the city. The reported lynching of one suspected looter along with shootings have led to an increase in UN patrols. The country’s legal system and government are largely non-operational.

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Twenty-five years after the all-star recording of “We Are the World” became a signature moment in celebrity altruism and pop-music history, a new collective of stars came together Monday at the same Hollywood recording studio to record a new version for Haiti earthquake relief.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A group of U.S. Baptist missionaries arrested trying to leave Haiti with a busload of children faced more questioning by a local judge, while an orphanage director said many of the children had parents.

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