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Archive story: Mugabe foe beaten, group says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterZimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was severely beaten Sunday by police after being arrested on his way to an anti-government protest rally, opposition movement members said. Tsvangirai and at least 120 members of the Movement for...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Justice System, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Police Arrests, Transportation Accidents
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Ethics' place in China's building boom
Times Architecture CriticThird in a series on the changing face of China's capital. BEIJING -- On the first morning of my recent stay in Beijing, I picked up the China Daily, the government-run English-language newspaper, to see the following phrase near the top of the front...Tags: Ethics, Global Warming, Parties and Movements, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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Helen Suzman dies at 91; South African anti-apartheid leader
Helen Suzman, an anti-apartheid activist and former longtime opposition leader in South Africa's parliament who was one of the few white elected officials to win the trust and respect of the country's black majority, died Thursday. She was 91.
Suzman,...Tags: Racism, Africa, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Economic Sanctions, Parliament
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The Times' 2009 wish list
The fates were kind to The Times in 2008. OK, not the financial fates, what with our parent company's bankruptcy filing and all. But five of the 31 wishes we made last year at this time came true; that may not seem like an impressive record, but in the...Tags: Global Warming, Minority Groups, George W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Unions
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Odyssey through a sad land
We are puttering along in an ancient pickup with no brakes to speak of, dodging the potholes. Every bolt seems to groan with effort, but Max Mkandla says the car is doing well. He speaks rather like a proud father discussing his brightest child. "I'm...Tags: Theft, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Physiology, Brain, Travel
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Defending Thabo Mbeki
James Kirchick has pounded out several Op-Ed articles on South Africa and Zimbabwe and gotten them published in major newspapers, like “South Africa’s unseemly alliance." His claim that the leaders of South Africa's ruling African National...Tags: Africa, Zimbabwe, Parliament, National Government, Heads of State
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In Zimbabwe's theater of fear, dissent plays on
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe stage was a small room in the Harare Central Police Station. The audience, about 20 bored policemen and plainclothes intelligence officers. The two actors were shaking, not with stage fright but the real thing. Anthony Tongani stammered and forgot...Tags: Parties and Movements, Movies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Travel, DVDs and Movies
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Zimbabwe may shatter, but Mugabe holds firm
The two stuffed lions flanked Robert Mugabe like a couple of eczema- ridden dogs, but the Zimbabwean president seemed delighted by the effect. "Are you afraid?" he taunted foreign journalists after his party's resounding victory in 2005 parliamentary...Tags: Racism, Africa, Parties and Movements, George W. Bush, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia)
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An economic noose tightens in Zimbabwe
He has lost his export customers, struggled with power cuts and shortages of foreign currency and raw materials. He has raised prices several times a month to keep up with hyperinflation. He has shrugged off government inspectors angling for bribes....Tags: Breads, Companies and Corporations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Farms, Police Arrests
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He can get it for you fast
Kuda Shumba goes at one speed: fast. He prides himself on being able to get hold of almost anything, and he's open for business day or night. That's what it takes to be one of Zimbabwe's black-market cowboys. Shumba spends his days on a motorbike...Tags: Cabbage, Breads, Marketing, Pet Shops, Services, and Supplies, Gaming
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Zimbabweans flood South Africa, where compassion has ebbed.
The two men stared at each other for a long moment, captor and captive: a white game farmer named Andre Nienaber, with mirrored sunglasses, neatly pressed khaki clothes and an aura of military precision; and a 16-year-old Zimbabwean orphan named Peter...Tags: Health Organizations, Africa, Hunting, Immigration, England
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In Zimbabwe, even loyalists are disloyal
Everything you'd expect to find in the office of a senior official in Zimbabwe's ruling party was there: the dominating portrait of President Robert Mugabe, the yellowing photos of liberation martyrs and heroes. The only discordant note was in the words...Tags: Health Organizations, Africa, Parties and Movements, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prices
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