An independent commission established by the anti-Senate faction of the Movement for Democratic Change to look into the assault of pro-Senate member Trudy Stevenson said the attack had probably been carried out by members of the Central Intelligence Organisation as both factions had been infiltrated by the CIO.
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The Commission set up by the anti-Senate faction of the Movement for Democratic Change to investigate the attack on Trudy Stevenson, a member of Parliament who belonged to the pro-Senate faction, concluded that the Central Intelligence Organisation and police most likely assaulted Stevenson.
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Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions leaders described to the United States ambassador Christopher Dell how they were arrested and brutally beaten after police broke their attempted demonstration.
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New farmers including Vice-President Joice Mujuru were refusing to pay farm workers the agreed minimum wage according to the secretary general of the General Agricultural and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe Gertrude Hambira.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai led a demonstration of between 500 and 1 000 supporters from the party headquarters to Parliament calling for President RobertMugabe to step down.
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A new group of church leaders calling itself the Christian Alliance was formed to give Christians in Zimbabwe a common leadership and goal.
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There was confusion about who had attacked pro-Senate Member of Parliament Trudy Stevenson with her faction accusing the Morgan Tsvangirai faction and that faction accusing the government of hiring thugs to do it.
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The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe bishop Trevor Manhanga told United States embassy officials that in his opinion no new political arrangement could go forward without the approval of former army commander Solomon Mujuru because he still held the upper hand within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.
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Former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell told Movement for Democratic Change faction leader Arthur Mutambara to concentrate on attacking President Robert Mugabe rather than his rival Morgan Tsvangirai during his visit to the United States.
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Zimbabwe’s economic growth which stood at 9.6 percent in 2010 and is estimated to have declined marginally to 9.4 percent last year is expected to slow down to 5 percent this year due to the impact of adverse weather conditions on agriculture, erratic electricity supply, and tight liquidity conditions, according to the latest assessment from the International Monetary Fund.
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