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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai did not make a good first impression when he held his first briefing for diplomats in Pretoria on 5 June 2007.

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Talks between the two factions of the Movement for Democratic Change broke down after the Morgan Tsvangirai faction insisted that the party should have two vice-presidents instead of one as previously agreed.

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The government arrested Alec Muchadehama and Andrew Makoni, two prominent human rights lawyers who were representing 31 opposition officials, and charged them with obstruction of justice.

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The leader of the pro-senate faction of the Movement for Democratic Change Arthur Mutambara told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell that opposition parties had agreed to field one candidate in the 2008 presidential elections and that candidate would be Morgan Tsvangirai.

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Ghana’s Deputy Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei said the attack on opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe was more than embarrassing. It was a disaster.

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Getting President Robert Mugabe out was now the first step toward change in Zimbabwe because even South African President Thabo Mbeki, who had often been accused of being too close to Mugabe, now believed it was impossible for Zimbabwe to move forward as long as Mugabe remained in power.

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The United States issued a directive to its embassies to lobby governments to condemn the brutal police attack on the opposition in Zimbabwe which had left one activist dead.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his supporters were freed after no one pitched up to take them into custody. No charges had been formally filed.

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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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