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Mugabe's rival Tsvangirai pulls out of election
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Posted on 06/22/2008 7:00:34 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Mugabe's rival Tsvangirai pulls out of election

By Nelson Banya 19 minutes ago

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of a run-off election against President Robert Mugabe on Sunday, saying a free and fair poll was impossible in the current climate of violence.

Speaking only hours after his opposition Movement for Democratic Change reported its rally had been broken up by pro-Mugabe youth militia, Tsvangirai called on the United Nations and the African Union to intervene to stop "genocide" in the former British colony.

"We in the MDC have resolved that we will no longer participate in this violent, illegitimate sham of an election process," he told reporters in Harare.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; mugabe; tsvangirai; zimbabwe

1 posted on 06/22/2008 7:00:34 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Where is the front page, 6pm news coverage of this atrocity?
Oh yeah, never mind.


2 posted on 06/22/2008 7:16:20 AM PDT by rocksblues (Folks we are in trouble, "Mark Levin" 03/26/08)
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To: Sub-Driver
It was a medical decision.

Morgan Tsvangirai concluded that being alive is better than being dead.

3 posted on 06/22/2008 7:28:56 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen
It was a medical decision.

You jest, but earlier this week Salon.com actually urged McCain to forfeit the race for the same reason.

4 posted on 06/22/2008 7:34:43 AM PDT by BlazingArizona
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To: Sub-Driver

“genocide”..

No... more like thugocide.


5 posted on 06/22/2008 10:47:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: Sub-Driver

maybe umass can give mugabe back his honorary degree now.


6 posted on 06/22/2008 2:29:12 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (the media vs. the people.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Please, someone, anyone, please rid us of Mugabe!


7 posted on 06/22/2008 3:40:27 PM PDT by WellyP (How much does Huma know?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Zimbabwe is seen as a success by the left. It has achieved equality, which is all that the left cares about. Yes they are all starving, but at least they are equal.


8 posted on 06/22/2008 6:19:19 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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