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Article

13 Nov 2007

Author:
John Letzing, MarketWatch [USA]

Yahoo settles with jailed Chinese dissidents

Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday settled a lawsuit filed against the Internet company by Chinese dissidents who accused it of complicity in their jailing... Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang said that Yahoo will now provide "financial, humanitarian and legal support" to the jailed dissidents' families... Separately, Yang said Yahoo is also now establishing a fund "to provide support to other political dissidents and their families."

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