Zimbabwe police raid opposition HQ in Harare crackdown
Riot police and intelligence officers raided Harvest House and independent monitors across Harare seizing electoral data. About 300 people were arrested including mothers with children and pregnant women as the crackdown followed claims by MDC and the Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network that Tsvangirai won the March 29 vote.
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Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Morgan Tsvangirai
Movement For Democratic Change
Independent Zimbabwe
Tsvangirai
Harvest House
China agrees to meet Dalai Lama envoy amid Tibet unrest
China said it will meet an envoy of the Dalai Lama after weeks of protests challenging Beijing ahead of the Olympics. The move stops short of renewing negotiations and keeps preconditions in place while leaders worldwide urged dialogue. The Dalai Lama previously signaled willingness, but officials warned current Tibet conditions are not a suitable dialogue platform.
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Dalai Lama
Beijing
Tibet
Samdhong Rimpoche
Associated Press
Dharmsala
White House
Dana Perino
Bush
Barroso
United States
New York
India
Lhasa
Abbas sees no progress in talks with Bush
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reported no progress in Middle East peace negotiations with President Bush and planned to return home with little to show for his trip. He cited continued Israeli settlement expansion as the main obstacle and said the US has not pressed Israel enough to halt settlement growth.
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Mahmoud Abbas
Middle East
Bush
Associated Press
Israel
U.S
Annapolis
Abbas
United States
Pakistan and Taliban push peace talks amid bombing
Pakistan's new government and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan said they would press ahead with peace talks despite a car bombing at a police station that killed three. The group defended the attack as retaliation while pledging continued support for attacks in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan
Taliban
Tehrik-e-Taliban
Maulvi Umar
U.S
Afghanistan
State Department
Sean McCormack
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