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 Zimbabwe (167)
 2005
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| Feb.1 |
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Election date announced
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| Mar.18 |
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 Zimbabwe expats lose vote battle Supreme Court has thrown out a request by a group of Seven UK-based expatriates to vote in March elections
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| Mar.30 |
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 EU condemns Zimbabwe election| President Mugabe said he had no fear of Thursday's parliamentary election | |
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 Mugabe seeks 'huge' poll victory Zimbabweans are due to vote in parliamentary elections in which the ruling Zanu-PF party is expected to win
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| Mar.31 |
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Opposition lead early Movement for Democratic change has won 9 out of the first 10 parliamentary seats
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| Apr.1 |
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Opposition: election 'being rigged'
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Mugabe wins criticized election| President's ruling party has secured a majority in parliamentary elections, getting 55 of 120 elected seats | | |
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| Apr.3 |
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S. African observers back Mugabe win The Southern Africans: The vote reflected the will of the people, but other monitors said it was neither free nor fair
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| Jun.8 |
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Zimbabwe braced for strike action 2-day general strike is called by opposition groups in protest at a huge number of arrests
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| Jun.9 |
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Mugabe defends razings, few strike President has defended the razing of shantytowns as an opposition-backed strike failed to gain wide support
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| Jun.17 |
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Demolitions extended to rural areas The police has extended the destruction of informal homes and businesses from the cities to rural areas
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| Jun.22 |
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Evicted moved to 'transit camp'| The campaign to clear the homes, businesses of the poor from its cities has sparked more violence | | |
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| Jun.25 |
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AU stand on Zimbabwe criticised EU head Jose Manuel Barroso is disappointed by the African Union's response to the demolitions campaign
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| Jun.26 |
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 U.N. envoy to inspect clean-up Anna Tibaijuka, head of U.N. Habitat, is to investigate an 'urban renewal campaign' that has destroyed the homes
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| Jul.22 |
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 U.N. slams Zimbabwe destruction U.N. report: Destruction of urban slums is a disastrous venture that has left 700,000 people without homes or jobs
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| Jul.24 |
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 S Africa 'might pay Harare debt' President Mbeki has indicated South Africa might repay some of Zimbabwe's foreign debts
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| Aug.18 |
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Ruling party presses constitution changes Planned overhaul is ignoring a protest march by 10 singing opposition lawmakers through downtown Harare
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| Aug.20 |
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Secret film of 'squalor'| Amnesty International has released a secretly-shot film, showing the squalid aftermath of slum clearances | |
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| Aug.21 |
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 Lions kill Zimbabwe park visitor A pride of lions attacked and killed a Japanese 50-year-old woman at the Lion and Cheetah Park at Norton
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| Sep.8 |
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IMF to debate Zimbabwe expulsion International Monetary Fund officials meet to decide whether to expel Zimbabwe because of unpaid debts
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| Oct.17 |
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 UN delegates cheer Mugabe tirade Zimbabwean President has drawn applause for a speech denouncing Blair and Bush at a UN event in Rome
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| Nov.1 |
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Zimbabwe admits 'errors' on land A minister has said that many of those given land know little about farming and this has led to food shortages
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| Nov.20 |
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Mugabe reveals uranium power plan Deposits of uranium have been unearthed in Zimbabwe
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| Nov.23 |
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 Zimbabwe officials' assets frozen by US| The United States has widened sanctions, freezing the assets of 128 people and 33 institutions | |
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| Dec.9 |
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Mugabe verbally attacks UN envoy President called Jan Egeland 'a liar' for saying humanitarian conditions in Zimbabwe are nearing meltdown
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