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The Prime Minister and Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai has fought for democracy in Zimbabwe since he became secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in the 1980s. It was in that role that he was catapulted to the MDC. He has the highest number of Wikileaks cables released on Zimbabwe, more than 800. But whether it was for better or worse, only the public can decide. Here are the first 310.

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A despondent Archbishop Pius Ncube told United States embassy officials that most Zimbabweans had “given up” any hope for change.

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The leader of the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change Arthur Mutambara was open to the reunification of the party with Morgan Tsvangirai as leader and him and Thokozani-Khupe as vice-presidents.

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The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was a step ahead in the 2006 rural district council elections when it bagged 455 of the 1 328 seats uncontested.

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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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