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US, British diplomats are attacked in Zimbabwe
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - The U.S. Embassy says its diplomats and British colleagues were attacked as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe.

Paul Engelstad, spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, says a U.S. Embassy staffer was beaten and tires of cars in the convoy were slashed.

Engelstad says the group was still being detained at a roadblock in rural Zimbabwe.

He says U.S. Ambassador James McGee, who did not go on the trip, was pressing Zimbabwean officials to release them.


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