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To: nopardons
When, oh WHEN, will our media report this ? I'm not holding my breath.

Now that it's such a disaster, they're beginning to go in to report on the gore.

178 posted on 03/05/2002 3:00:52 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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Zimbabwe 'bloodbath' predicted-- [Excerpt] COOLUM, Australia - After three days of heated debate, Commonwealth leaders openly split yesterday over the question of sanctions against Zimbabwe, with warnings that the organization's inaction could lead to a bloodbath.

At the end of the meeting of Commonwealth leaders, an apparent compromise was reached to avoid immediately suspending Zimbabwe from the organization and imposing punitive sanctions against Robert Mugabe, the country's President, for human rights abuses and alleged vote-rigging.

However, the common front fell apart almost immediately. "We have postponed the day of judgment on Zimbabwe and I think that is the wrong thing to do," said Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister. "We should have provided a far stronger statement and backed it up with action."[End Excerpt]

179 posted on 03/05/2002 7:59:22 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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