1.   Commuters and stone-throwing youths retaliated in sporadic disturbances that spread through five township suburbs, police said.

2.   Crowds gathered around supermarkets in the western township suburbs and said they were demanding price cuts.

3.   Heavily armed troops fanned out Thursday in township suburbs a day after protests over fuel price increases.

4.   In the eastern township suburb of Mabvuku, protesters forced delivery trucks to turn back and shops had to close without fresh supplies.

5.   Most of the pupils were turned away from schools in Harare and its township suburbs, officials said.

6.   The call was traced to a public phone booth in the township suburb of Buseko.

7.   The worst affected districts were overcrowded township suburbs where heavy seasonal rains have spread effluent from blocked sewers, the report said.