Police deploy as Zambian poll challenger cries foul
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Zambia deployed armed police in the capital Lusaka on Sunday after President Levy Mwanawasa overtook his opponent's early lead in the election count, prompting allegations of ballot rigging.
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Pro-hunt protesters are criticised by police after officers are hurt and three arrests made in Cardiff.
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Police set up checkpoints and checked identity cards Thursday along streets leading to the area in the Saudi capital where anti-monarchists were expected to try to hold an illegal demonstration called by an exiled dissident.
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Police knock down some 250 houses in Zambia's capital at the start of a major demolition campaign.
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Zambia's president, whose policies have helped boost economic growth in the southern African country, consolidated his lead Sunday in the election vote count, as police used tear gas against rioters who stormed an election center to protest the results.
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Zimbabwe police have arrested opposition leader Arthur Mutambara and at least 60 opposition supporters during a campaign march ahead of a by-election in the capital, a party spokesman has said.
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Police battled protesters in blazing slums on Monday as President Mwai Kibaki began a second term after a disputed vote that has convulsed Kenya, hurt its democratic credentials, and brought a rising death-toll.
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Zambia began tallying ballots on Friday   after a huge turnout in close elections fought on President   Levy Mwanawasa's economic policies which are praised by the   West but have failed to lift millions out of poverty.
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Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed election amid a political deadlock between the president and his chief rival.
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JOHANNESBURG, March 13 -- Two harrowing days in police custody have left Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai with serious physical injuries but also renewed standing as head of an anti-government movement that is showing more energy than it has in years.
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Kenyan police battled protesters in blazing slums on Monday after disputed elections returned President Mwai Kibaki to power and triggered turmoil that a local TV station said had killed at least 124 people.
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Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in several Kenyan cities Wednesday, but the East African nation was mostly calm at the start of an opposition call for three days of mass demonstrations over a disputed election
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Government forces are cracking down on protesters in the wake of Thursday's controversial vote.
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NAIROBI Wangari Maathai has been clubbed in the head by riot policemen. She has been denounced as a subversive. Her efforts for women&#39;s rights in a country where men run the show have long been considered quixotic at best.
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Zambian voters are going to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament and local councillors.
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Zambian police fired tear gas and arrested 70 opposition supporters in the capital on Sunday as President Levy Mwanawasa widened his lead in an election the main challenger has labeled a "conspiracy" to rig the vote.
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Zambians describe their voting experiences as they go to the polls in their country's fourth multi-party presidential and general elections.