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Tsvangirai Crash No Accident, Party Charges

Opposition suspects Mugabe in possible assassination attempt

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 7, 2009 4:06 AM CST

(Newser) – The crash that injured Robert Mugabe's chief political opponent and killed his wife may have been an assassination attempt instead of an accident, members of Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change tell the Daily Telegraph. A statement from the MDC appealed for Zimbabweans to stay... Read full story »

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