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10/15/2004:

"Parties react to Tsvangirai's acquittal"

Official opposition leader Tony Leon on Friday welcomed the news that Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had been found not guilty of treason.

The ruling was made by the Harare High Court earlier on Friday.

Leon said by telephone that it was "very good news". "The charges, the trial verged on the preposterous. It does at least show that there are still vestiges of the rule of law in Zimbabwe.

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