[Clive]

"To resume May 13"

Obviously there is a great urgency here. :-)

Actually, delay is in the interest of the opposition. The parties are under a great deal of pressure to legitimize the election and paper over the thuggery and fraud in the interest of advancing NEPAD.

This pressure threatens to co-opt Tsvangirai.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It could also be Nigeria and South Africa buying time to devise an exit for Mugabe.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Senegalese Loner Works to Build Africa, His Way **** "Mr. Mugabe did not respect the rules," Mr. Wade said. "The opposition could not wage its campaign. There were many deaths. Electoral laws were changed days before the election. We can't call that an election." "I was in the opposition for too long to forget the opposition as soon as I arrived in power," he added. "I refuse to belong to this trade union of presidents. Mugabe or not Mugabe is not my concern. My concern was what the people of Zimbabwe wanted." Mr. Wade spoke during a recent late-afternoon interview inside the presidential palace. The most conspicuous objects in his simple office were models of pet projects now underway: educational centers for toddlers; a cyber village to enhance Senegal's commitment to high technology; a university of the future where, the president says, African students will be able to take courses in "real time" from "Harvard, M.I.T. and Princeton," thanks to satellites and computers.****