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Opposition reject Zimbabwe result

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 2, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
BBC News -- Zimbabwe's main opposition party says it will reject the result of the presidential election, if reports of the outcome are confirmed. The Movement for Democratic Change says its leader gained more than 50% of the vote but election officials say he did.. Read More
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Recount of parliamentary vote in Zimbabwe

WORLD / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:09am neoform
CNN -- Zimbabwe's electoral commission released the first result Wednesday from a recount of 23 legislative districts, but it still has not said who won the March 29 presidential election. The recount confirmed initial results showing that President Robert Mugab.. Read More
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Zimbabwe nervously awaits election ruling

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform
CNN -- Zimbabwe is anxiously awaiting a key court ruling which may end more than two weeks of election deadlock -- or could send the troubled nation into further turmoil if its government further delays announcing the results of the vote. The High Court is expec.. Read More
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Mugabe pulls out of key meeting on election crisis

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform
CNN -- Prospects of resolving Zimbabwe's two-week-old election crisis appeared dim Friday after a government spokesman said President Robert Mugabe would not attend a key weekend meeting with other regional leaders. It is a reversal for Mugabe, who said Thursday.. Read More
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Court postpones ruling on Zimbabwe poll results

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform
CNN -- Zimbabwe's High Court has postponed a ruling on a petition to force release of vote results until Tuesday, the opposition said. Zimbabwe's High Court convened a hearing Monday to consider the Movement for Democratic Change's petition calling for the re.. Read More
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Zimbabwe rigging fears rise amid vote delay

WORLD / NEWS Mon Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform
CNN -- Zimbabwe's government has again delayed officially announcing results of the weekend's elections, raising fears of vote-rigging as security forces patrolled the streets. An electoral commission official abruptly stopped the long-awaited televised announce.. Read More
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Zimbabwe's millionaires worth only $1

WORLD / NEWS Sat Oct 27, 2007 @ 11:46am neoform
Times Online -- Zimbabwe’s currency has fallen to record levels, with one million Zimbabwean dollars buying a single US dollar (48p) and inflation reaching 8,000 per cent. The bleak data was announced as people in the capital Harare struggled to cope without electri.. Read More
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Zimbabwe orders 'white firm grab'

WORLD / NEWS Wed Sep 26, 2007 @ 4:54pm neoform
BBC News -- The Zimbabwean parliament has passed a bill to move majority control of foreign-owned companies operating in the country to black Zimbabweans. The goal is to ensure at least a 51% shareholding by indigenous black people in the majority of businesses... Read More
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Zimbabwe currency crashes; inflation as high as 9,000%

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WORLD / NEWS Thu Jun 21, 2007 @ 1:28pm neoform
CNN -- The value of the Zimbabwean dollar suffered its worst crash in memory, dealers said Thursday, sparking a run on dollars and forcing stores to close early to put new prices on their meager stock. Black market exchange rates -- fueled by the central bank.. Read More
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Huge rise in Zimbabwe inflation

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 17, 2007 @ 4:59pm neoform
BBC News -- Zimbabwe's rate of inflation surged to 3,731.9%, driven by higher energy and food costs, and amplified by a drop in its currency, official figures show. April's inflation rate jumped up from the 2,200% recorded last month, the Central Statistical Offic.. Read More
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Electricity rationed in Zimbabwe

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 9, 2007 @ 2:12pm neoform
BBC News -- Households in Zimbabwe are to be limited to four hours power supply a day in the latest setback to hit the country's struggling economy. The measure, meaning electricity will only be available in homes between 1700 and 2100 local time, is likely to com.. Read More
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Inside Mugabe's crumbling state

WORLD / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 4:15pm neoform
Guardian Unlimited -- Among the many signs of a country sliding into chaos, one has gone largely unnoticed: Zimbabwe's morgues are filling up. It's not only that more people are dying, but also that the families of those who are cannot afford to pay their medical bills any lon.. Read More
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Mugabe rival: 'I will soldier on'

WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 8:37am neoform
CNN -- Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai left hospital on Friday, saying he was still in pain from an "orgy" of police beatings but would keep battling President Robert Mugabe's authoritarian government. Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for.. Read More
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Desperate Mugabe allows white farmers to come back

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 18, 2006 @ 9:36am mrmdc
Independent -- President Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe, which has mounted a six-year campaign to seize white-owned farms, is beginning to allow some white farmers to return to their land as the country faces starvation and economic collapse... Read More
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Zimbabwe names date for run-off

WORLD / NEWS Fri May 16, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform
BBC News -- The second-round run-off in Zimbabwe's disputed presidential election will be held on 27 June, the government says. The electoral commission's announcement was made in a government gazette. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat President Robert M.. Read More
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Zimbabwe prepares to verify count

WORLD / NEWS Thu May 1, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform
BBC News -- Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission is due to start verifying the country's delayed presidential election results. Representatives from both the governing Zanu-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change will oversee the collating process in Harar.. Read More
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Zimbabwe election ruling awaited

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform
BBC News -- A judge in Zimbabwe is due to rule on whether the country's electoral commission should be forced to release the presidential election results. Southern African leaders have urged authorities to announce the results of the poll, held more than two week.. Read More
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Mugabe rival 'meets SA president'

WORLD / NEWS Fri Apr 11, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform
BBC News -- Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai has met South African President Thabo Mbeki, the Zimbabwean opposition party says. An MDC spokesman said the meeting had taken place on Thursday, in preparation for Saturday's regional.. Read More
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Mugabe to attend emergency talks

WORLD / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform
BBC News -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will attend an emergency meeting of regional leaders on the presidential poll delay, his deputy information minister says. "If there is a Sadc (Southern African Development Community) meeting, President Mugabe will de.. Read More
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Zuma condemns Zimbabwe poll delay

WORLD / NEWS Wed Apr 9, 2008 @ 8:23am neoform
BBC News -- South Africa's governing party leader Jacob Zuma has criticised the delay in publishing the results of presidential elections held in Zimbabwe 11 days ago. Mr Zuma's comments are in stark contrast to those of South Africa's president who said the situa.. Read More
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