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Zimbabwean police summoned a leader of the country's main union organisation to answer charges on Thursday that he called for President Robert Mugabe's overthrow in a May Day speech, the movement said. While there was no immediate comment from the police, a spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) confirmed secretary general Wellington Chibebe had gone with his lawyer to Harare's main police station.