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Zimbabwe opposition candidate detained for nine hours
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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A group of nine British and American diplomats were detained at gunpoint for several hours in Zimbabwe today after being stopped at a roadblock and attacked by both police and Robert Mugabe's "war veterans". (article 8)
A State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack, said that the Americans would raise it at the UN Security Council later today and with Mr Mugabe's delegation at the world food summit in Rome. (article 8)
Esther (not her real name), 28, a professional living and working in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is writing a regular diary on the challenges of leading a normal life. (article 6)
Mr Tsvangirai gained more votes than Mr Mugabe and the opposition says its supporters have been targeted, assaulted and killed in a bid to ensure the president remains in power. (article 1)
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been detained by police during campaigning for the country's presidential election, his party says. (article 2)
A convoy carrying the Movement for Democratic Change leader was stopped at a police roadblock at 1000 GMT, party spokesman Nelson Chamisa said. (article 2)
The MDC leader and his entourage were taken to a police station in the far west of the country, said Mr Chamisa. (article 2)
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Mugabe, Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe, Opposition, MDC |
Source articles
- Q&A: Zimbabwe elections (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 878 words)
- Tsvangirai detained in Zimbabwe (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 505 words)
- Zimbabwe opposition leader freed (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 454 words)
- Zimbabwe suspends aid operations (BBC News, 06/06/2008, 615 words)
- Africa’s pariah -Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 06/06/2008, 598 words)
- Harare diary: Jingles ring hollow (BBC News, 06/05/2008, 467 words)
- Diplomat convoy held in Zimbabwe (BBC News, 06/05/2008, 740 words)
- Zimbabwe police arrest British and American diplomats at gunpoint (timesonline.co.uk, 06/05/2008, 574 words)
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