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 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Police arrested trade union leaders and blocked streets and the main square of the capital to thwart an anti-government march, and the main labor federation apparently called off a planned nationwide strike at the last minute.
Police bundled leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions into vans as they tried to start a procession.
Congress spokesman Mlamleli Sibanda said 15 union leaders and activists were arrested in Harare, 20 in the second southern city of Bulawayo and four in northwest town of Chinhoyi. They included the Congress' president, Lovemore Matombo, and secretary-general, Wellington Chibebe.
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