China gives 5 years to activist who probed quake

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:44:53 GMT
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of children crushed in their schools during the Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Tuesday to five years, underscoring the government's determination to suppress questions about why the buildings fell.... Read More ...

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