Attacking church goers in Zimbabwe

                   
prairiepundit.blogspot.com     May 16, 2008            

NY Times:The parishioners were lined up for Holy Communion on Sunday when the riot police stormed the stately St. Francis Anglican Church in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. Helmeted, black-booted officers banged on the pews with their batons as terrified members of the congregation stampeded for the... [read full story]                

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Zimbabwe's rulers unleash police on Anglicans

iht.com     May 16, 2008          

"We are being persecuted." Church leaders say the struggle in the Anglican diocese of Harare is not only over its extensive, valuable properties, but also over who controls the church itself in a society riven by political divisions, especially since the disputed elections of March 29. Kunonga,...                

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7. Zimbabwe's rulers unleash police on Anglicans

iht.com     May 16, 2008          

"We are being persecuted." Church leaders say the struggle in the Anglican diocese of Harare is not only over its extensive, valuable properties, but also over who controls the church itself in a society riven by political divisions, especially since the disputed elections of March 29. Kunonga,...                

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Zimbabwean police unleashed on Anglicans

iht.com     May 16, 2008          

The parishioners were lined up for Holy Communion on Sunday when the riot police stormed the St. Francis Anglican church in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital. In an us-versus-them conflict that has penetrated ever deeper into Zimbabwe's social fabric, the party has targeted a growing roster of...                

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Zimbabwe and #x2019;s Rulers Unleash Police on Anglicans

the-dispatch.com     May 16, 2008          

Nolbert Kunonga, a renegade bishop who is a staunch ally of President Robert Mugabe. Joao Silva for The New York Times JOHANNESBURG — The parishioners were lined up for Holy Communion on Sunday when the riot police stormed the stately St. Francis Anglican Church in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. Yet...                

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GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO - THE RULE OF LAW IN ZIMBABWE

squarespace.com     May 16, 2008          

Zimbabwe's ruthless ruling party decided to send riot police to storm St. Francis Anglican Church in Harare yesterday. Apparently the congregation was not approved by president Mugabe's puppet Bishop, Nolbert Kunonga, who is a staunch ally of the regime. Mr. Kunonga broke with the Anglican Church...                

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