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Zimbabwe's main opposition party was demanding Tuesday to know why its secretary-general has not been formally charged six days after he was arrested.

A Zimbabwean judge ruled the detention of Tendai Biti was legal, dismissing a petition from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change which called the detention unlawful.

Biti was supposed to be formally charged in magistrate's court on Monday, but the hearing was delayed for a day due to "a lot of paperwork," a Zimbabwe police official said. Read full article »

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