Zimbabwe extends ban on protests, rallies in Harare
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Zimbabwe police on Thursday extended a ban on political rallies and protests in Harare which the country's embattled opposition has likened to "a state of emergency."
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President Robert Mugabe warned critics  on Tuesday that Zimbabwe's army stood ready to "pull the  trigger" against anyone seeking to topple him as a mounting  political and economic crisis raises fears of unrest.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb. 28 -- Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as pro-democracy activists defied a police ban on demonstrations and took to the streets to protest growing repression and economic hardship in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was detained in hospital with a deep head wound on Tuesday as world outrage grew over the government's violent crackdown on political protests.
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Zimbabwean opposition activists ignored warnings by police and vowed to stage an anti-government rally planned in Harare by a coalition of opposition and rights groups.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Police in Zimbabwe banned demonstrations in parts of the capital of Harare yesterday in an effort to crack down on the opposition as the country's autocratic ruler celebrated his 83 d birthday by vowing to stay in power.
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Opposition activists in Zimbabwe vow to stage a rally despite an official ban on political protests.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change said Wednesday that it would boycott future elections until the government reforms election laws, ends what the movement calls state-sponsored political violence and repeals what it terms repressive media and security laws.
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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'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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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- England&#39;s cricket tour of Zimbabwe will go ahead after authorities lifted a ban on 13 British journalists, but not in time to save Friday&#39;s opening one-day match in Harare.
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Zimbabwean riot police arrested the  country's top opposition leader on Sunday as they crushed a  planned prayer rally in a crackdown on protests against  President Robert Mugabe.
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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.
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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 police ban protests as Robert Mugabe marks his 83rd birthday by vowing to stay on as president.
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Zimbabwean police fire tear gas on hundreds of protesters in Harare after a court banned a protest march.