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Fri 03 Mar 2011Zimbabwe cancels opposition rally
Zimbabwe police today cancelled an opposition rally set for the weekend and arrested a cabinet minister, deepening antagonism between the president and the prime minister's party ahead of a possible election.
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) are supposed to be partners in a unity government but it is coming apart at the seams.
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