Thursday, June 02, 2005

Megalomaniac mission

Zimbabwe Takes Harsh Steps to Counter Unrest

The Movement for Democratic Change, an opposition party that was crushed in March elections that Western observers said had been rigged, contended at a news conference in the capital, Harare, on Wednesday that the police and soldiers had forced 1 million to 1.5 million people from their homes. Experts estimate Zimbabwe's population at 10 million to 11 million people.

It's hard work.