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Car-truck crash kills Zimbabwe prime minister's wife, injures him
Car-truck crash kills Zimbabwe prime minister's wife, injures him
Tsvangirai and his wife, Susan, were en route to the prime minister's hometown of Buhera.
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Zimbabwe PM rushed to hospital after car accident
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... "Yes I can confirm that he was involved in a car accident along Harare-Masvingo road," said Tsvangirai's spokesman, James Maridadi. "He has been brought to Harare and doctors are looking at him at a hospital." Maridadi would not say how serious Tsvangirai's injuries are as a result of the head-on collision. Tsvangirai was in the car with his wife, an aide, and the driver, he said. However, Reuters.com reported an MDC source as saying his wife, Susan, had been killed. Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/zimbabwe.tsv...

Zimbabwe PM injured, wife killed in car crash
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Driving in Africa can be dodgy in the best of times so anything is possible. The fact that Morgan Tsvangirai has only started as PM in a shared government with Robert Mugabe does raise some suspicions. ...

Foul Play in Zimbabwe?
The Moderate VoiceCNN: Car-truck crash kills Zimbabwe prime minister’s wife, injures him Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was in stable condition and recovering from head injuries Friday night after a car wreck that killed his wife, Susan, medical sources told CNN. The crash, on a busy two-lane highway between Tsvangirai’s hometown of Buhera and the capital city of Harare, comes just weeks after the start of a power-sharing agreement between Tsvangirai and his political rival, President Robert Mugabe. Analysts say the ...

Pardon Me For Being Suspicious . . .
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — but I have a hard time thinking that this was an "accident": Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was in stable condition and recovering from head injuries Friday night after a car wreck that killed his wife, Susan, medical sources told CNN. The crash, on a busy two-lane highway between Tsvangirai's hometown of Buhera and the capital city of Harare, comes just weeks after the start of a power-sharing agreement between Tsvangirai and his political rival, President Robert Mugabe. Analysts say the crash is bound to raise suspicion of foul play, with one former U.S. ...

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