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Earthquake activist sentenced in China

A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said. ...full story at Independent

from Independent on Tue, Feb 09 2010

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