Zimbabwe's Opposition HQ is Raided

(25 Apr 08 - RV) Zimbabwe police say they have raided the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change headquarters in Harare.  The country has been in a political crisis since March elections which the MDC says it won.United States envoy Jendayi  Frazer, who helped mediate the political solution, met yesterday with officials in South Africa, whose President Thabo Mbeki has been a key mediator in Zimbabwe. He has been criticized by the leader of his own party for not applying pressure on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to step down.Gunter Simmermacher, the editor of South Africa’s Southern Cross Catholic newspaper, says this is because Mugabe still has support among the people of South Africa, even if his policies do not...