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March 9, 2009

Wife of Zimbabwean PM Tsvangirai Killed in Car Crash
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In news from Africa, a funeral for the wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister
Morgan Tsvangirai is set to take place on Wednesday. Susan Tsvangirai
died on Saturday in a car crash that also injured the prime minister.
The accident occurred less than a month after Tsvangirai was sworn in as
prime minister as part of a power-sharing agreement with his longtime
rival, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. Officials from Tsvangirai’s
Movement for Democratic Change say they have seen nothing to suggest
foul play; however, they want to carry out their own investigation of
the car crash.