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...Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe does not have many fans in America, and with good reason. In his most recent presidential election last March, he banned the right to assemble in public, forbade any criticism of his government in the press and used violent thugs to intimidate his opponents. The Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum attributes numerous political murders to Mugabe’s party in the month before the election...
...could predict her teammates’ next moves, not by a set game plan but through knowledge of their natural strategy. Acclimation to Harvard has presented the dual challenges of a new team and a more fixed movement than the “spur-of-the-moment” Zimbabwean approach...
...until last night, the majority of UConn’s offense had come from sophomore Lauren Henderson, a Zimbabwean like the Crimson’s Maasdorp. Henderson struggled to score with Ahn shadowing her all day, but she found the net with a lethal drive on a penalty corner for the Huskies’ second goal...
...brouhaha over trade also erupted. Politicians from developing countries see free trade?especially the scrapping of the estimated $1 billion a day in subsidies to Western farmers?as key to sustainable development. But Western green groups complained that the World Trade Organization had hijacked the summit. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used his five-minute speech to lash out at British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who opposes Mugabe's controversial land seizure program. Protesters heckled and slow-clapped throughout the address by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell...
Still, there are those like Paul Hanly, 36, a third-generation white Zimbabwean who plans to plant his tobacco seedlings on Sept. 1, as he has every year. Last week he was building an irrigation system to water a maize field to feed his workers, who have been left hungry because of the food shortages. Though he too was instructed to vacate his farm, Hanly is convinced he will be allowed to remain--and that a more peaceful solution to redistribution can still be found. He paused for a few seconds. "We must be a country of great believers...