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Bleacher Creature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 10:16 PM
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AFP: "Zimbabwe ruling party elects country's first woman vice-president"
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041204/wl_afp/zimbabwe_politics_041204200700

Sat Dec 4, 3:07 PM ET World - AFP

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's ruling party elected longtime cabinet minister Joyce Mujuru as the country's first woman vice-president at the end of a party congress. Welcoming her election President Robert Mugabe hinted that Mujuru may be destined for higher office. "When you choose her as a vice president, you don't want her to remain in that chair do you?" he asked the delegates amid applause.

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Great. So the United States has been shown to be less progessive than both Zimbabwe and Ukraine -- all in the same week.

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KSAtheist Donating Member (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 02:47 AM
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1. Please...
Edited on Sun Dec-05-04 02:48 AM by KSAtheist
Just one thing: Mugabe hasn't given up his seat in 25 years, he chose Mujuru under duress, and he's setting up camps for his own Mugabejugend.


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ixat Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 05:38 AM
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2. Brings a tear to my fucking eyes. Though Zimbabwe's got its own problems.
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