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China Detains Man Compiling List of Quake Victims

Earthquake activist Tang Zuoren has been detained on allegations of subversion of state power. From Reuters: Police in southwestern China have detained a writer who was trying to compile a list of children killed in schools that collapsed during a devastating earthquake last year, an activist group said. In town after town in Sichuan province, schools collapsed during the May 12, 2008 earthquake, i