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HARARE, Zimbabwe - The leader of Zimbabwe's opposition was detained by police for about nine hours Wednesday amid ominous signs the government is tightening its grip on the country less than four weeks before a presidential runoff election. (article 3)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was held for nine hours by police Wednesday and formally warned for allegedly breaching a security law after a campaign visit to a small town in western Zimbabwe. (article 6)
The detention came as the government toughened a security crackdown on the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, just weeks before the June 27 presidential runoff election. (article 6)
Tsvangirai and about 14 party officials were being held at a police station in Lupane, north of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, said George Sibotshiwe (article 4)
In recent days, CARE, one of the largest nonprofit groups working in the country, has been ordered by Zimbabwe's government to suspend all operations, which help 500,000 of the country's most vulnerable people. (article 2)
Police had broken up a major opposition rally in Highfield, a township west of the capital, Harare, and began attacking Chamisa and other opposition figures at a police station. (article 7)
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Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Tsvangirai, Opposition, Food |
Source articles
- Zimbabwe clamps down on aid groups (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 484 words)
- Zimbabwe blocks access by aid groups (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 682 words)
- Zimbabwe opposition leader detained, then freed (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/04/2008, 1068 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 712 words)
- Zimbabwean opposition leader detained by police - (baltimoresun.com, 06/04/2008, 245 words)
- Zimbabwe opposition candidate detained for nine hours (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 536 words)
- Zimbabwe Lawmaker Describes Beatings of Activists (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 582 words)
- Mugabe stirs scorn at summit over food crisis (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/03/2008, 457 words)
- Shunned leaders attack west (ft.com, 06/03/2008, 456 words)
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