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Riot police called in to end Harare protest - Zimbabwe

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Harare - Zimbabwe police arrested scores of demonstrators on Wednesday as they tried to protest against worsening economic conditions they blame on mismanagement by President Robert Mugabe's government, witnesses said.

Witnesses said riot police armed with batons sealed off a square in the capital Harare's city centre, trapping National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) activists who had gathered to demonstrate against chronic shortages of fuel, foreign currency and food.

A Reuters correspondent saw about a dozen protesters loaded into a truck while riot police, some holding police dogs, stood guard over another group. NCA members said as many as 400 people were arrested and taken to police stations.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1066832103179B251&set_id=1

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