http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/world/africa/04zimbabwe.html?hp
New Signs of Mugabe Crackdown in Zimbabwe
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By GRAHAM BOWLEY
Published: April 4, 2008
Police officers loyal to Robert G. Mugabe, the embattled president of
Zimbabwe, struck back at the emboldened opposition on Thursday,
raiding its offices and arresting at least two foreign journalists
covering the disputed presidential election.
The raid on the offices of the opposition, the Movement for Democratic
Change, reported by an Associated Press correspondent in Harare, the
capital, was viewed as an ominous portent of a possible crackdown by
Mr. Mugabe to preserve his 28-year-old hold on power.
One of the arrested journalists was Barry Bearak, a correspondent for
The New York Times, who was taken from his hotel to Harares central
police station, the newspaper said in a statement issued by Bill
Keller, the executive editor.
