Thirty-eight Zimbabweans arrested last month for discussing an Egypt-style uprising are freed but eight remain in custody, their lawyer says.

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‘Egypt video’ Zimbabweans freed

Australia captain Ricky Ponting will be charged for allegedly damaging a television set in the dressing room after being run out against Zimbabwe.

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Skipper Ponting faces ICC charge

The students, trade unionists and activists who gathered to watch news reports on the unrest were arrested on suspicion of plotting to oust President Robert Mugabe.

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Arrests in Zimbabwe for Seeing Videos

Defending champions Australia beat Zimbabwe by 91 runs in their opening 2011 World Cup group match in Ahmedabad to extend their winning run to 24 matches.

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Holders Australia crush Zimbabwe

Live BBC Sport highlights programme featuring the best action from the Cricket World Cup as defending champions Australia take on Zimbabwe (UK users only).

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Live BBC Sport highlights programme featuring the best action from the Cricket World Cup as defending champions Australia take on Zimbabwe (UK users only).

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The EU eases sanctions on Zimbabwe by removing 35 people close to President Robert Mugabe from a list of people subject to asset freezes and travel bans.

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EU eases sanctions on Zimbabweans

China’s foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, visits Zimbabwe at the start of a five-nation tour of an increasingly important trading region.

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China minister in Zimbabwe visit

The government’s efforts to bury history have instead provoked memories of the Gukurahundi, Zimbabwe’s name for the slaying and torture of thousands of civilians.

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Art Exhibit Stirs Up the Ghosts of Zimbabwe’s Past

For many rural people, cash is so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows bartering.

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Zimbabwe Health Care, Paid With Peanuts

Robert Mugabe threatens to seize all Western-owned investments in Zimbabwe unless their governments remove sanctions imposed on him and his senior party members.

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Mugabe threatens ‘revenge’ on West

Grace Mugabe sues a Zimbabwean newspaper over its reporting of Wikileaks claims she had made “tremendous profits” from the country’s diamond mines.

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Grace Mugabe sues over Wikileaks

Hard-money types tend to take a sort of “Lives of the Saints” approach to history. They reverently reference certain iconic examples of hyperinflation (Weimar Germany! Zimbabwe!), while remaining utterly ignorant of all examples to the contrary. Take Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the ranking Republican on the House of Representatives budget committee. It’s a good bet that he doesn’t actually know much about monetary history. read more

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Don’t Buy Currency Devaluation? It’s Been Done Before

Washington – The secret U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks leave one overriding impression: It’s hard out there for a superpower. As of Monday, fewer than 250 of a promised 251,287 confidential State Department messages had been made public. Perhaps somewhere in that enormous trove is evidence to the contrary, but what we’ve see thus far shows that post-Cold War rumors of American global hegemony are vastly overstated. If ever there was a time when being a superpower meant never having to say you’re sorry, that time is long gone. read more

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Eugene Robinson | Tough Times for Superpowers