ZIMBABWE: Police and soldiers clash

HARARE Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Police and soldiers from President Robert Mugabe's presidential guard engaged in running battles through the streets of the capital, Harare, on 1 December. An IRIN correspondent said the police had intervened after about 100 soldiers began another looting spree in the city and fighting between the two groups ensued. Gunshots were heard. The soldiers from the presidential guard were also heard singing the songs of the opposition Movement for Democratic...