Zimbabwe police force opposition to scrap mass rally
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai cancelled a planned mass rally in Harare after police blocked supporters from attending the gathering in defiance of a court order.
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HARARE - Zimbabwe said it had put its security forces on high alert to deal with what it said was an opposition plan to unleash violence on Friday when a court is due to pass judgment in the treason trial of its leader.
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Police used teargas to disperse protesters in Kenyan cities to once again suppress planned opposition rallies against the bitterly disputed re-election of president Mwai Kibaki
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Police broke up an opposition rally in  Minsk on Tuesday protesting against the results of a  referendum, which allowed President Alexander Lukashenko to  extend his rule after more than a decade in power.
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The United States on Wednesday condemned Zimbabwean authorities for breaking up an opposition rally and urged President Robert Mugabe's regime to allow its people to exercise their political rights.
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Zimbabwean police use tear-gas and water cannon to prevent an opposition rally from going ahead in Harare.
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Zimbabwe's splintered opposition Movement for Democratic Change will not boycott next month's general elections but will field rival candidates, badly weakening its chances of unseating President Robert Mugabe.
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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is briefly held by police, hours before a banned march in Harare.
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Zimbabwe police have dispersed opposition supporters outside the High Court as it prepares to rule in the treason trial of opposition leader
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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and others arrested and alleged to have been beaten by police after a protest against President Robert Mugabe will appear in court later on Tuesday, a defense lawyer said.
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Zimbabwe police said more than 200 opposition activists and officials arrested on Saturday were suspects in recent petrol bomb attacks on police stations, shops and some government supporters.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 23 -- Zimbabwean police dispersed hundreds of opposition demonstrators with tear gas Wednesday afternoon in the first major test of reforms that were supposed to guarantee political freedom in one of Africa's most repressive nations.
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Zimbabwe's government is to appeal against the main opposition leader's acquittal on treason charges.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on  Monday warned opponents not to hold anti-government protests,  saying they should instead support efforts to end an eight-year  economic recession.
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Opposition activists in Zimbabwe vow to stage a rally despite an official ban on political protests.
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HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The government of Robert Mugabe has put Zimbabwe&#39;s security forces on high alert in anticipation of violent protests on Friday.
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Zimbabwean riot squads fired teargas and water cannon to drive stone-throwing protesters off the streets of a troubled township in Harare on Sunday after preventing the main opposition party from holding a major rally.