Zimbabwe releases detained UK and U.S. diplomats

Thu Jun 5, 2008 11:20am EDT
 
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HARARE (Reuters) - U.S. and British diplomats who were detained and held for several hours by Zimbabwean police have been released, the U.S. embassy said on Thursday.

"They have all been released and are on their way back to Harare," U.S. embassy spokesman Mark Weinburg said.

 
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