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Political prisoner sues Yahoo for helping China

MILESTONE Filed under the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victims Protection Act, the lawsuit is believed to be the first of its kind against an Internet company

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , SAN FRANCISCO

"The plaintiffs in this case have a lot of barriers to overcome," said Allen Weiner, a professor of international law at Stanford.

It was unclear, he said, whether the law would apply to a company like Yahoo.

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