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Els grabs Dubai lead |
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| Feb.9 |
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South Africa readies Tambo funeral |
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| Feb.12 |
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Floods leave thousands homeless |
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| Mar.11 |
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Opposition leader arrested
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| Mar.12 |
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Opposition tortured by police 
Top opposition leaders were assaulted by police who broke up a prayer meeting planned to protest government policies
| Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is in a bad state after being beaten by police in custody
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| Mar.13 |
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Opposition leader taken to hospital
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S Africa in Zimbabwe rights call
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Defiant Tsvangirai to 'fight on' |
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| Mar.14 |
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Mugabe critic 'has cracked skull'
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Mugabe government warns of 'grief' |
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| Mar.15 |
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Mugabe tells critics to 'go hang' The authoritarian regime came under international condemnation following a violent crackdown on a gathering of opposition activists
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| Mar.16 |
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Tsvangirai leaves Harare hospital
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Mugabe threatens to expel envoys
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Gibbs flays six sixes in one over |
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| Mar.17 |
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AU concern at Zimbabwe violence |
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| Mar.18 |
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Opposition aide beaten 4 representatives of main opposition party were arrested as they tried to leave the country for neighboring South Africa
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| Mar.19 |
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Zimbabwe to expel foreign diplomats |
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| Mar.20 |
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Neighbors pressured over Zimbabwe |
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| Mar.22 |
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Report: Angolan police to Harare |
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DR Congo rebel chief seeks refuge |
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| Mar.23 |
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Arms depot blast kills 93 A depot containing old weapons exploded in a fiery cascade of ignited rockets and ammunition
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| Mar.28 |
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Opposition leaders arrested 
| Police stormed the main opposition party's headquarters and arrested its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai was seized along with about 20 members of staff ... | |
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African leaders in Zimbabwe talks
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Grandmother beaten in crackdown |
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| Mar.29 |
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African leaders side with Mugabe Southern African Thursday emerged from a conference calling for the lifting of all sanctions against Mugabe's government
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| Mar.30 |
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Mugabe endorsed as 2008 candidate
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| Apr.3 |
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National strike begins
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| Apr.11 |
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AIDS-hit S. Africa out of burial plots |
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| Apr.14 |
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New Zealand beat S. Africa to reach semis |
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| May.9 |
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Fears of top UN role for Zimbabwe |
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| May.11 |
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Zimbabwe to chair major UN body
Zimbabwe has been elected to head the commission on Sustainable Economic Development despite strong objections from West
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| May.12 |
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Aussies pull out of Zimbabwe tour
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| Jun.3 |
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Soccer celebration kills 12 |
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| Jun.12 |
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SA braced for massive strike |
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| Jun.13 |
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Strike escalates
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| Jun.22 |
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Mugabe faces pressure on currency
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Amputee sprinter can try for Olympics |
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| Jul.5 |
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Bulk buy ban amid frenzy| Authorities ordered businesses to stop selling basic goods in bulk to avert shortages after an price freeze triggered a frenzied buying spree | |
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| Jul.9 |
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1,300 charged in pricing swoop
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| Jul.10 |
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Shelves bare as economic crisis looms |
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Dissident urges world to pressure Mugabe
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| Jul.16 |
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Mugabe critic sued for adultery The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, Pius Ncube, is being sued for alleged adultery.
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| Jul.24 |
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Mugabe vows to save sick economy |
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| Jul.25 |
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Mozambique to curb human trafficking |
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| Jul.31 |
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New inflation warning for Zimbabwe |
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| Aug.17 |
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Apartheid murder plotters guilty |
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| Aug.20 |
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Row over SA minister's transplant |
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| Aug.24 |
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Bill to hit foreign firms |
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| Sep.3 |
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Violent protests over Soweto housing |
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| Sep.5 |
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Flour shortage warning |
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| Sep.11 |
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Mugabe critic quits as archbishop
Bishop Ncube has resigned as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo, after an adultery scandal
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| Sep.12 |
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Australia are shocked by Zimbabwe |
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| Sep.17 |
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Unity urged over crisis |
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| Sep.22 |
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India and Pakistan reach final |
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| Sep.24 |
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India crowned Twenty20 kings |
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| Sep.26 |
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Zimbabwe orders 'white firm grab'
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Mugabe condemns Western 'attacks'
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| Sep.27 |
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Giant Soweto shopping mall opens
Former President Nelson Mandela has opened the largest shopping centre in southern Africa in Soweto
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| Oct.2 |
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Carter, Tutu visit Darfur to promote peace A group of elder statesmen, including former U.S. President and Nobel peace laureate, began a tour to promote a political solution to the region's...
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3,200 workers trapped in gold mine 
Power has been restored to a gold mine, and some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface
| A broken pipe severed power cables to a lift. The workers are more than 1.3 miles underground at Harmony Gold's Elandsrand mine in Carletonville, about 50 miles southwest of Johannesburg
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Miners being pulled from underground Some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface. About 350 miners had been pulled to safety
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| Oct.4 |
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All gold miners freed from mine The last of 3,200 miners trapped by a power failure reached the surface after nearly two days underground in the cavernous Elandstrand New Mine
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| Oct.5 |
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SA police chief warrant confirmed
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| Oct.14 |
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Magnificent seventh title for Els |
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South Africa gets to final over Argentina |
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| Oct.20 |
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South Africa win Rugby World Cup South Africa claimed their second crown with a 15-6 victory at the Stade de France as England failed to become the first team to defend their...
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| Oct.22 |
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Ex-President Chissano wins prize Joaquim Chissano has won $5m, the first Mo Ibrahim prize rewarding a retired African head of state for excellence in leadership
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| Nov.1 |
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'Dual epidemic' threatens Africa
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| Nov.5 |
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Oprah: School abuse scandal devastating
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| Nov.20 |
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Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last PM, dies at 88
Rhodesia's last white prime minister, whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country into isolation and civil war, died at age 88
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Huge fire at refinery
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| Nov.22 |
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400 hit by bromide poisoning
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| Dec.3 |
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Writers attack Zimbabwe omission
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| Dec.4 |
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Miners on strike over death toll
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| Dec.6 |
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Mugabe arrives at EU-Africa talks
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| Dec.8 |
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EU increases pressure on Zimbabwe
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| Dec.13 |
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Mugabe to run again for Zanu-PF
The governing party has endorsed 83-year-old Robert Mugabe as its candidate for next year's presidential elections
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| Dec.15 |
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ANC members to choose new leader
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| Dec.16 |
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Mbeki calls for ANC unity, support
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| Dec.18 |
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Zuma elected ANC president
The populist whose political career survived rape and corruption charges received 2,329 votes, ahead of incumbent Mbeki's 1,505 votes
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| Dec.21 |
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Mbeki to serve out presidency President Thabo Mbeki has said his government will stay in office despite huge losses in elections for senior ANC posts
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| Dec.24 |
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Hours-long lines to get scarce currency Thousands of Zimbabweans waited for hours to get currency from the banks so they could buy food and board buses for Christmas trips
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| Dec.28 |
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New charges for Zuma| The prosecutors have brought corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, who was elected leader of the governing African National Congress | |
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| Dec.29 |
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West Indies seal historic victory |