Zimbabwe swearing-in of unity govt marred by treason charge

The swearing-in Friday of Zimbabwe's new unity government was marred by the arrest of a top aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai whose party said he was then charged with treason.
Roy Bennett, who returned last month from three years of self-imposed exile in South Africa -- where he had fled to escape charges of plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe -- was arrested at a Harare airport, Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change said.
Bennett was later taken to the eastern city of Mutare where, according to the MDC, he was charged with treason.
"Police have again changed charges on Roy Bennett. They have now charged him with treason," the MDC statement said.