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                Zimbabwe Journalists Charged Over Military Story

   by Reuters

   Zimbabwean police arrested the editor of a private newspaper on Tuesday
   over a report that generals loyal to President Robert Mugabe had
   assured Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC they were not opposed to
   him winning elections this year.
   The army has publicly denied speaking to Movement for Democratic Change
   (MDC) officials and police have said that journalists who repeat the
   claims could fall foul of the southern African nation's tough media
   laws.
   Dumisani Muleya, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, had been charged
   with publishing falsehoods, an offense that carries a maximum 20-year
   jail term, according to his lawyer, Tawanda Zhuwarara.
   Independent reporter Owen Gagare and a company official also had been
   charged with the same offense, said Zhuwarara, adding that the three
   were being held at Harare's main police station.
   The arrests are the latest signs of mounting political tension as a
   five-year coalition brokered between Mugabe and Tsvangirai after
   violent elections in 2008 comes to an end, paving the way toward
   elections in the second half of the year.
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