Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Mugabe foe sees growing defiance in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader said on Monday the fight against President Robert Mugabe had reached a new level, a day after police crushed an opposition rally to prevent anti-government protests from spreading.

Heavily armed riot squads stopped the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) from holding a court-approved rally in the capital Harare on Sunday, firing teargas and water cannons at stone-throwing protesters and arresting 122 people.

Read more at Reuters South Africa

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