The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwean opposition...

The year-long treason trial of Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai began winding up with the state prosecutor declaring him guilty of plotting to assassinate President Robert Mugabe - a crime that carries the death penalty. "The accused committed the crime of high treason by inciting and seeking to arrange the assassination of the head of state," said acting attorney general Bharat Patel, adding that the state had proved its case "beyond reasonable doubt". Tsvangirai, a former union leader who formed the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in 1999 to challenge Mugabe, says the government was trying to frame him.