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Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a magistrate who allowed MDC ministerial nominee Roy Bennett to post bail. Other magistrates in the town of Mutare have gone on strike in solidarity with Livingstone Chipadze, officials say. "It is frightening if a magistrate is arrested because he has passed a judgment that is not popular with the state," Mr Bennett's lawyer said. Mr Bennett remains in custody. He was seized on the day MDC ministers joined a power-sharing government.