Chinese police were stopping parents of children sickened in the country's tainted milk powder scandal from going to Beijing to mark the first anniversary of the tragedy with a vigil, an activist said Thursday. ...full story at cbcnews
from cbcnews on Thu, Sep 10 2009
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