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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Police carrying out a massive monthlong roundup detained thousands of capital residents, charging many were responsible for crime in Harare, state media reported Monday.
The detention of an estimated 10,000 of what the report called squatters, vagrants and street youths, comes nearly a year after the government demolished tens of thousands of shanty dwellings in what was billed as an urban renewal but drew harsh criticism from international groups.
This troubled southern African nation, led by authoritarian President Robert Mugabe, is facing its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1980, with record inflation of 1,043 percent, the highest in the world.
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