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Hackers on Saturday replaced the Zimbabwe government paper, The Herald with the headline "Gukurahundi" and pasted it all over the paper.The hacking was repeated on three occasions...

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South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki 's senior Cabinet ministers and government officials worked to prevent the Chinese arms ship from offloading its cargo, despite his insistence that the mortar bombs, ...

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Zimbabwe Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has threatened MDC secretary general Tendai Biti with unspecified action when he returns to Zimbabwe.

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The Movement for Democratic Change is circulating statistical evidence to the press to back up its claim that it won with an absolute majority in the presidential election.

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Three days after the harmonised election last month,Robert Mugabe 's spokeman wrote in The Herald that the initial presidential results were wrong and had to be corrected.

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The raid on the opposition is just the beginning of a wider crackdown on the MDC.

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The recount in a number of constituencies in Zimbabwe is futile because ballot boxes have been tampered with, says a South African member of the Southern African Development Community observer team.

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“It is for Americans to decide who their president is going to be.”

President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tried to dispel doubts about their relationship Thursday, showcasing personal bonhomie as well as common ground on vexing issues such as the Iraq war, a showdown with Iran, global trade and the crises in Sudan and Zimbabwe.

Brown, particularly, appeared to make an effort to move beyond the leaders' frosty first meeting in July.

The prime minister, then only a month in office as successor to top Bush ally Tony Blair, was given a coveted invitation to the presidential retreat at Camp David. But he displayed stiff formality that raised questions about whether he would work as closely as Blair had _ or much at all _ with Bush. Read more

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The leaders of southern Africa may have begun to cool towards the "Old Man" Robert Mugabe but they are still straining to avoid showing disrespect towards Zimbabwe's president.

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The conclusion of a summit of southern African leaders on Zimbabwe's election stalemate was delayed by disagreement over the use of the word "crisis" in a final communique.

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