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Nutmegger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 05:42 PM
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Mugabe's Zanu-PF loses majority
Robert Mugabe's party has lost its majority in parliament for the first time since Zimbabwean independence in 1980, official results show.

President Mugabe's Zanu-PF party has so far taken 94 of the 210 seats, while opposition parties have won 105, the Zimbabwe Election Commission says.

The opposition MDC says its leader has won the presidential election. Zanu-PF says this is "wishful thinking".

The official presidential election results have not yet been declared.

Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7326968.stm
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Harmonicaman Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-02-08 05:46 PM
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1. Considering Mugabes past
The situation doesn't bode well for the population of Zimbabwe. His silence is worrying, his thugs are probably loading the AK's and sharpening the machetes as we all watch wondering how he's going to "fix" this. The Mugabe's of the world don't lose elections, they get overthrown and kicked out into a life of cushy exile or they get assassinated. Murdering despotic thugs don't lose they get removed.
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