In Zimbabwe pressure is mounting for results to be released in the disputed presidential election which was held three weeks ago. Meanwhile President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party has retained the first seat in a partial recount of parliamentary votes.
To regain control of parliament, ZANU-PF needs to reverse the results in seven of EU presidency will not invite Dalai Lama to Brussels ...
Chinese beaten up in Zambia mines ... the 23 seats being recounted. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has denounced the recount as a ploy by Mugabe to steal back control of parliament. Elsewhere, British prime minister Gordon Brown has joined the international outcry over a Chinese shipment of arms to Zimbabwe and called for an embargo. The current position of the shipment is unknown.
(Deutsche Welle)
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