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| Jan.5 |
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Political violence rises
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| Jan.28 |
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Anti-Mugabe newspaper bombed
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| Mar.1 |
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Britain to pull military advisers
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| Mar.9 |
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Angola, Zimbabwe rift
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| Apr.17 |
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Mugabe to run again
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| May.7 |
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Opposition leader appears in court Tsvangirai, the strongest challenger to President Mugabe's, appeared in court on terrorism charges
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| May.8 |
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Mugabe poll-challenge judge quits Judge Devittie who nullified election results won by ruling ZANU-PF party has resigned
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| May.24 |
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MP's home attacked 100 people attacked the house of the opposition MP Willias Madzimure. Opposition youths moved in to protect the home
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| Jul.30 |
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Ruling party won election Elliot Manyika of ZANU-PF party won at northeastern district of Bindura
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| Aug.14 |
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Police help ease violence Police and paramilitary units moved into on 6th consecutive day of a plunder by militants
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| Aug.16 |
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Editor attacks harassment G. Nyarota, 50, editor of Zimbabwe's only independent newspaper, said his arrest was part of the ongoing harassment
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| Sep.6 |
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Zimbabwe to halt land grab| At Commonwealth conference Zimbabwe's delegation agreed to halt all occupations of white-owned farms | | |
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| Sep.8 |
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Militants seize white farm Militants burned workers' homes. Country waited for Mugabe to endorse a deal to end the land crisis
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| Sep.9 |
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Mugabe approves land deal Zimbabwe's President approves a Commonwealth-backed deal to stop blacks from invading white-owned farms
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| Sep.10 |
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Southern African summit| Leaders from South Africa, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana to tell Mugabe to accept a land reform deal | | |
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| Oct.2 |
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Court backs Mugabe on land reform The Supreme Court permits government to continue with the redistribution of white-owned farm land
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| Nov.14 |
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Opposition denies murder charge Movement for Democratic Change rejected government charges that it was behind the killing of a war veteran leader
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| Nov.16 |
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Editor charges dropped Fraud charges had been thrown out against Geoff Nyarota, the editor of only independent daily newspaper
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| Nov.21 |
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Police break up protest Riot police in capital Harare have broken up a protest over plans to tighten electoral rules
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| Nov.22 |
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ID cards become compulsory Human rights groups have criticised a government proposal to jail or fine those who move about without ID cards
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| Nov.25 |
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White farmer shot Alan Bradley was wounded in a district often targeted by militants for occupation of white-owned farms
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| Nov.27 |
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Students riot Riot police have fought battles with hundreds of protesters angered by the killing of a university student
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| Dec.1 |
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Mugabe plan to restrict media Independent journalists vowed to fight the plan. Hundreds of ruling party militants marched
to support legislation
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| Dec.2 |
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Mugabe predicts election victory President said he would convincingly win a poll that to be the toughest of his career
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| Dec.4 |
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Court backs land seizures Supreme Court has ruled that President Mugabe's land reform programme is legal
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| Dec.13 |
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Mugabe lashes out at opponents| President accused the main opposition party of terrorising his supporters in a bid to win presidential elections | |
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| Dec.22 |
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Opposition: We will win| Morgan Tsvangirai, opposition leader, says attacks by government on his movement will not deny it victory at the election | |
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| Dec.30 |
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New land seizures planned| 100,000 black will be allocated land | |
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