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Article: Zimbabwe pressured by youth bulge; Young people lent ardent support to Tuesday's demonstrations in Harare.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 19, 2003
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Byline: Nicole Itano Special to The Christian Science Monitor
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE -- Heeding a call from Zimbabwe's beleaguered opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), protesters shut down much of Harare Tuesday in the largest expression of public discontent since tumultuous presidential elections one year ago this week.
Opposition supporters in the capital city threw up makeshift barricades, burned at least one bus, and shut down shops and factories. At the same time, police helicopters swooped overhead, and heavily armed riot police tear-gassed crowds in at least six places around Harare.
The demonstrations against the ...