Monday, June 23, 2008

Mugabe Rival Quits Zimbabwe Runoff, Citing Attacks

The leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition party withdrew Sunday from a presidential runoff, just five days before it was to be held, saying he could neither participate “in this violent, illegitimate sham of an election process,” nor ask his voters to risk their lives in the face of threats from forces backing President Robert Mugabe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/world/africa/23zimbabwe.html?th&emc=th

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