Zimbabwe opposition party Movement For Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett (C) talks to his defence team outside the courtroom Harare November 10, 2009. Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Bennett went on trial accused of terrorism on Monday in a case that has stoked tensions in the unity government of Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF. Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

Zimbabwe opposition party Movement For Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett (C) talks to his defence team outside the courtroom Harare November 10, 2009. Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Bennett went on trial accused of terrorism on Monday in a case that has stoked tensions in the unity government of Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF.

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  1. Zimbabwe's arms dealer Mike Hitchman leaves the High court Building in the capital Harare, November 12, 2009. Hitchman was called to testify as a state witness against opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett who is facing banditry charges.
  2. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett holds his entry coupon as he enters the High Court building in Harare, November 12, 2009. Bennett is facing charges of banditry and plotting to kill Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
  3. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett leaves the High Court building in Harare, November 12, 2009. Bennett is facing charges of banditry and plotting to kill Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
  4. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett leaves the High Court building in Harare, November 12, 2009. Bennett is facing charges of banditry and plotting to kill Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
  5. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett leaves the High Court building in Harare, November 12, 2009. Bennett is facing charges of banditry and plotting to kill Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
  6. Roy Bennet (L) arrives in the High Court for his trial in Harare on November 11, 2009. Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been on trial for terror charges in a case that has rocked Harare's fragile unity government. Bennett, a former white farmer who is the treasurer of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is accused of scheming to topple veteran President Robert Mugabe three years ago. He is currently out on bail and faces a possible death sentence if convicted.
  7. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 27, 2009. The summit with key energy accords on the table follows a first meeting in 2006 in Nigeria, and is being attended by 30 heads of state and representatives from a further 30 nations.
  8. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 27, 2009. The summit with key energy accords on the table follows a first meeting in 2006 in Nigeria, and is being attended by 30 heads of state and representatives from a further 30 nations.
  9. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe walks outside the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 26, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic and environmental crisis, and strengthening agreements and plans of action started in 2006 at the 1st Summit, held in Abuja, Niger.
  10. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (C) arrives at a hotel in Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela, September 25, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA), to be held in Margarita, is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic and environmental crisis, and strengthening agreements and plans of action started in 2006 at the 1st Summit, held in Abuja, Niger.
  11. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe sits after addressing the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 25, 2009.
  12. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.
  13. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (2ndR), Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (L), Benin's Foreign Minister Jean Marie Ehouzou (2ndR) and former Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) attend on November 20, 2009 the international 2009 MEDays political-economic forum in the northern city of Tangiers. Several hundred people, including Islamists, demonstrated in Tangiers on November 19 against the presence of Livni at the forum.
  14. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (C), Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (2ndL), Rafik El Hussaini (L), an envoy of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Benin's Foreign Minister Jean Marie Ehouzou (2ndR) and former Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) speak on November 20, 2009 during the international 2009 MEDays political-economic forum in the northern city of Tangiers. Several hundred people, including Islamists, demonstrated in Tangiers on November 19 against the presence of Livni at the forum.
  15. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) sits next to Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (C) and an envoy of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Rafik El Hussaini (L), on November 20, 2009 during the international 2009 MEDays political-economic forum in the northern city of Tangiers. Several hundred people, including Islamists, demonstrated in Tangiers on Nov. 19 against the presence of Livni at the forum.
  16. Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) shakes hands with an envoy of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Rafik El Hussaini (L), in front of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (C) on November 20, 2009 during the international 2009 MEDays political-economic forum in the northern city of Tangiers. Several hundred people, including Islamists, demonstrated in Tangiers on Nov. 19 against the presence of Livni at the forum.

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