HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean independent monitoring group says it will be impossible to hold free and fair elections in March when President Robert Mugabe wants the polls.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has assured regional leaders that adoption of a new constitution is on track, ahead of proposed elections to end the nation's fragile coalition government, his loyalist state media reported Wednesday.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's prime minister said at his marriage ceremony Saturday that he had to date several women to find the one he truly loves.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Zimbabwe prime minister went ahead with wedding celebrations Saturday despite a court ruling that cancelled his marriage license on allegations that he would be committing bigamy.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Attorneys for a jilted ex-lover of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai say a court ordered him to stop his wedding to another woman on Saturday because he might face bigamy charges.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An AIDS awareness campaigner and his lawyers said Friday they are taking a groundbreaking test case to Zimbabwe's highest court to force police and prison authorities ensure HIV sufferers get their life prolonging medication.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Eight nurses arrested on allegations of inciting violent protests against the firing of a popular Canadian doctor from a church mission hospital have been allowed to return to their posts, Zimbabwe court officials said Thursday.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's prime minister says he won't renegotiate over a draft constitution despite demands by President Robert Mugabe for major amendments to the document.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A consortium of wildlife ranchers says tens of thousands of animals face annihilation in a wave of land takeovers in southeastern Zimbabwe by politicians of President Robert Mugabe's party.

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South African President Jacob Zuma will meet Zimbabwean leaders Wednesday to press for political reforms and new elections under a recently finished draft constitution, his spokesman said.

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday warned frustration among jobless youths could spark violent protests as the country prepares to vote on a new constitution, five years after deadly elections.

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Shouting matches and even physical fights break out each time a mini-bus pulls up in downtown Harare as passengers battle to ensure they are not short-changed in coin-starved Zimbabwe.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's state media says the people who delivered deadly cyanide — evidently in error — to a main water treatment plant will face charges of the attempted murder "of the people of Harare."

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Zimbabwe's prisons are often condemned for squalid overcrowding but a thief begged a magistrate to lock him up permanently, saying life was better behind bars, state media reported Tuesday.

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The party of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai pushed on Saturday for approval of a disputed draft constitution needed for new elections, calling it "the best document" possible.

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Zimbabwe's central bank chief warned Friday the country's fragile economy could grind to a halt if the government rushes its planned seizure of majority stakes in foreign-owned banks.

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Energy-starved Zimbabwe will suffer longer and more frequent power shortages for the next 10 years, a senior official said Friday.

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe praised the country's first community mining project Thursday, under new laws that give mining rights to communities around the notorious Marange diamond fields.

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Scores of Zimbabwean government workers protested in the capital on Tuesday demanding a near doubling of basic wages, after the finance minister ruled out any increases due to budget cuts.

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The United States' outgoing ambassador to Zimbabwe said Tuesday that Washington would only lift sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle if polls are held peacefully.