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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: Transportation, Celebrities, Satire (genre), Movies, Vehicles
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Farms, Riots, Death, Heads of State
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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, Family, Crimes, Prices, Heads of State
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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: Defense, Police Arrests, Health Organizations, Motorvehicle Accidents, Africa
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Unemployment, Activism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice and Rights
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Nelson Mandela, 94, hospitalized in 'serious' condition
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela was in a "serious but stable" condition on Saturday after being taken to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said. The 94-year-old, who became...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Hospitals and Clinics, National Government, Jacob Zuma, Government
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On stage and in memory, oppression of the past still haunts Zimbabwe [Commentary]
Earlier this year, I saw a powerful play set in Zimbabwe in the 1890s (when it was called Rhodesia) that brought back some disturbing memories of my visit there about 15 years ago. "The Convert," the first in a trilogy being written by Zimbabwean award-...Tags: Armed Forces, Politics, Government, Religion and Belief, Jesse Jackson
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Pope Francis urges protection of nature, weak
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass on Tuesday to protect the environment, the weakest and the poorest, mapping out a clear focus of his priorities as...
Tags: Anglicanism, Religious Leaders, Christian Orthodoxy, Fishing, Francis I
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Director Michael Bassett rocks 'Strike Back'
RedEyeDirector Michael Bassett loves to blow stuff up. That's why Cinemax's "Strike Back" was the perfect choice for his first TV directing gig. "I blow up an ambulance and it's one of the biggest indoor explosions I've ever seen," Bassett told me at San Diego...Tags: Charles Dance, Celebrities, Holidays, Movies, Game of Thrones (tv program)
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Joel Brinkley: Evidence points to Mugabe as world's most destructive leader
American VoicesThe United Nations is warning that the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe remains extremely fragile. There's a bit of diplomatic understatement if I've ever heard one. Trying to determine who is the world's most destructive national leader might seem...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Epidemics and Plagues, Africa, Ali Abdullah Saleh, Health
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