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Ruth Gledhill - Times Online - WBLG: Zimbabwe: The devil came late today.
Ruth Bakare, wife of the interim bishop of Harare, was the main speaker at a Mother’s Union meeting at an Anglican church in Zimbabwe. Over 3200 women had arrived for the day’s activities and Mrs. Bakare was partway through her talk, which included [...]

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Rift Over Zimbabwe Unity Plan - New York Times
But on Wednesday, The Herald, the state-run newspaper often used as a mouthpiece for Mr. Mugabe and the ruling party, described the country’s political dynamics as “so distorted that holding a free and fair election runoff in the immediate term is literally impossible.”
Swiftly disavowing that position, Deputy [...]

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GOP heavyweights reportedly tried to oust Fitzgerald — chicagotribune.com
In a bombshell disclosure before testimony began this morning in the Antoin “Tony” Rezko trial, a federal prosecutor said a former Rezko confidant was prepared to say that another friend of Rezko was attempting to pull strings with White House political director Karl Rove to fire U.S. [...]

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