Zimbabwe News Updates -- February 14, 2009

Zimbabwe ministerial nominee Roy Bennett (left) has
been denied food after his arrest. Photo AFP


Zimbabwe Unity Deal Is Fraying -- L.A. Times
President Robert Mugabe swears in more Cabinet ministers from his ZANU-PF party than had been agreed upon with Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition MDC. He also arrests an MDC government official.

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa -- It was Day One for Zimbabwe's new government of national unity Friday, and already the paralysis had set in: The swearing-in ceremony that was supposed to usher in a new era of hope was delayed for hours by bitter squabbling.

And in a sign that hard-liners in President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party remain bitterly opposed to the new prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, security forces arrested senior Tsvangirai ally Roy Bennett and charged him with treason.

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More News On Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe PM: aide's arrest undermines accord -- Yahoo News/AP
Zimbabwe PM's Ally Charged With Treason -- Voice Of America
Arrest compromises Zimbabwe unity government: minister -- AFP
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