President Robert Mugabe Calling The Shots ?


	President Robert Mugabe Calling The Shots ?

melakatoday

6-28-2008 3:28 AM

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JOHANNESBURG — Many people in Zimbabwe faced a peculiar choice on Friday: cast their ballots for President Robert Mugabe, the only candidate left in the presidential runoff, or be beaten up and perhaps killed.

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Zimbabweans waited to cast their ballots on Friday in Harare, the capital. President Robert Mugabe was the only candidate left in the runoff, and many were forced to go to the polls.
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