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*Robert and Grace Mugabe |
Zimbabwe's army insisted that
President Robert Mugabe is safe as it took over the state broadcaster and
arrested a number of senior government officials during a night that saw
military vehicles patrolling the streets of the capital while gunfire and
explosions rang out.
Military officers denied they had carried out
a coup, announcing on state TV that they were targeting a ring of government
plotters following a power struggle that saw the vice-president flee the
country last week.