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Journalists body asks for safety guarantee

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the world's largest journalists organisation, has asked President Robert Mugabe to issue a guarantee of safety for all journalists operating in Zimbabwe, the 'Financial Gazette' said on Thursday.

    Aidan White, IFJ general-secretary, told Mugabe in a letter on Wednesday that he must also issue a public statement condemning this week's bombing of the printing press of the privately owned 'Daily News', the report said. White was quoted as saying that the case had to be "thoroughly and urgently" investigated to ensure that the culprits are held accountable for their crime and "to remove this grave threat to the 'Daily News' and to press freedom throughout Zimbabwe".

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