Friday, September 12, 2008

Zimbabwe leaders make a deal

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clipped from news.yahoo.com
Zimbabwe'sPresident Robert Mugabe (R) arrives for the opening of the county's parliament in Harare, August 26, 2008. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)


South African President Thabo Mbeki has mediated in talks
to end a political crisis after Mugabe's re-election unopposed
in a June presidential poll that was boycotted by Tsvangirai
and condemned around the world.


"President Mbeki is going to give a press statement but I
can say that we have got a deal," Tsvangirai said as he left
the venue of negotiations in the capital Harare.


A Zimbabwe government source also told Reuters: "They have
reached some agreement, and President Mbeki, the mediator is
going to announce that very soon."


Zimbabweans hope a deal can allow the revival of an economy
in meltdown. Inflation is over 11 million percent and severe
food and fuel shortages have driven millions across the
country's borders, straining regional economies.

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