International News http://enews.earthlink.net/channel/news/int International News Supplied by AP en-us (c) 2009 EarthLink Networks Inc. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:53:29 PST Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:03:54 PST 5 China activist who spoke out on quake gets 3 years http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091123/4b0a24e0_3426_1335020091123-1444510555 BEIJING - A veteran dissident was sentenced to three years in prison after casting a spotlight on poorly built schools that collapsed and killed thousands of children during China's massive earthquake last year - an apparent government attempt to squelch such information. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:53:29 PST 20091123/4b0a24e0_3426_1335020091123-1444510555 By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press 24 killed in election massacre in the Philippines http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091123/4b0a24e0_3421_1334520091123-547353491 MANILA, Philippines - Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers, killing at least 24 people in a massacre considered shocking even for a region notorious for violence between rival clans. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:36:52 PST 20091123/4b0a24e0_3421_1334520091123-547353491 By HRVOJE HRANJSKI (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press 21 killed in election massacre in the Philippines http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091123/4b0a24e0_3421_13345200911231993244641 MANILA, Philippines - Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers, killing at least 21 people in a massacre considered shocking even for a region notorious for violence between rival clans. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:26:47 PST 20091123/4b0a24e0_3421_13345200911231993244641 By HRVOJE HRANJSKI (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press AP Enterprise: Bullet tears open Somali boy's face http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091123/4b0a24e0_3426_1335020091123-632472882 NAIROBI, Kenya - The bullet hit mother and son as they walked through Somalia's capital. She felt a sharp pain in her palm. Then she saw her 8-year-old: The bullet tore through his cheekbones, nose and mouth. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:10:05 PST 20091123/4b0a24e0_3426_1335020091123-632472882 By MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED and MOHAMED SHEIKH NOOR (Associated Press Writers) Associated Press Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years http://enews.earthlink.net/article/int?guid=20091123/4b0a24e0_3421_13345200911232014265580 BRUSSELS - For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:05:01 PST 20091123/4b0a24e0_3421_13345200911232014265580 By RAF CASERT (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press