Harare  - The charges against Zimbabwean ministerial appointee Roy Bennett, who was arrested last week as a new coalition government was being sworn in, have been changed for a third time, his lawyer said Tuesday.

The 52-year-old Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) politician now faces charges of possessing weapons for the purposes of insurgency and banditry, one of his lawywers, Trust Maanda, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Harare  - The planned court appearance of detained Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett failed to happen Monday because of prosecution delays, his lawyer said.

Bennett, who was due to be sworn in later this week as deputy agriculture minister in the country's new unity government, had been expected to appear in court in the north-eastern city of Mutare to be formally charged with attempted terrorism.

But the prosecutor failed to arrive from Harare, where the investigating police officer had taken the docket, Bennett's lawyer said.

Harare  - Zimbabwean ministerial appointee Roy Bennett, who was arrested Friday shortly before the swearing-in of a unity government, has been charged with treason, his lawyer said late Friday.

Bennett, the MDC's candidate for deputy agriculture minister, has been charged in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate President Robert Mugabe dating back to
2006, his lawyer Trust Maanda told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Harare  - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe swore some of his fiercest critics into a power-sharing government on Friday, sealing the beginning of a reluctant union which Zimbabweans hope will end the country's economic crisis.

Two days after he ceded a portion of his powers to long-time opposition leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Mugabe swore in ministers from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and his own Zanu-PF into a 31-ministry coalition cabinet.

Harare - Zimbabwe's longtime opposition le

Harare  - Zimbabwe's longtime opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was due to be sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday to begin working with his arch-rival President Robert Mugabe on ending the country's economic and humanitarian crises.

Tsvangirai was scheduled to take the oath of office at State House in Harare around 11 am (0900 GMT) and then address a large crowd of his supporters in a football stadium.