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Zimbabwe State Case Against MDC Treasurer Bennett Undermined Further

by VOA

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Peter Michael Hitschmann said under cross-examination by Attorney General Johannes Tomasina that Bennett did not provide him with funds to buy weapons that were seized in a 2006 raid on his home in Mutare

Tomana looses round 1 as judge rules witness evidence inadimissable

by AFP

Mon, Jan 25, 2010

HARARE — Zimbabwe's high court on Monday struck out evidence from a key witness in the treason trial of a top aide to Premier Morgan Tsvangirai, after the man said he had been tortured into testifying.

Zimbabwean"Charlatan" fleeced Zimbabwean immigrants

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sun, Jan 24, 2010

A BOGUS lawyer who fleeced thousands of pounds out of vulnerable immigrants hoping to stay in the UK has been jailed for 15 months.

AfriForum serves papers on Zim government

by IOL

Fri, Jan 22, 2010

South African civil rights movement AfriForum has served papers on the Zimbabwean government over its land-seizure programme.

Pictures:South African woman (23) caught trying to smuggle 1.5kg of cocaine in her dreadlocks

Land grabs remain

by SAPA

Thu, Jan 28, 2010

Harare - Zimbabwe's withering community of white commercial farmers has lost a major court battle for the restoration of their property rights and status as Zimbabwean citizens irrespective of their race, lawyers confirmed on Wednesday.

Botswana officers still detained in Zimbabwe

by Mmegi Online

Tue, Jan 26, 2010

Three officers from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) are still detained in Zimbabwe after they crossed into the country by mistake last week.

Zim government still to respond on farm invasion subpoena

by SW radio

Mon, Jan 25, 2010

The government has until Thursday to notify a South African civil rights group if it intends on opposing its application to sue over the ongoing invasions of South African owned land in Zimbabwe.

Four Harare Women Raped One Day in Separate Incidents

by The Herald

Thu, Jan 21, 2010

Harare — FOUR women were raped in separate incidents on Saturday alone in Harare, with police raising concern about the increase in cases of sexual assault in the city.

Woman had sex with boy, 12, nearly 200 times

by Daily Mail

Wed, Jan 20, 2010

A single mother of 36 had sex nearly 200 times with a 12-year-old boy she had seduced, putting a star in her diary each time they had sex

Iraqi's 'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death

by Special correspondent

Sun, Jan 17, 2010

Baghdad - An Iraqi court sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein-era official widely known as "Chemical Ali", on Sunday to death by hanging for a 1988 gas attack that killed about 5,000 Kurds, a court official said.

Hitschmann recounts torture

by SAPA

Sat, Jan 16, 2010

Harare - A witness in the trial of a Zimbabwean official accused of terrorism and insurgency recounted Thursday how he had been tortured by state agents seeking his testimony.