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Swaziland and its king are throwing a joint 40th birthday bash this weekend, but the mood is far from celebratory in this small southern African land of paupers and princes, mud huts and palaces.
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, left talks with an aide during the opening session of the eleventh ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union heads of State and government in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, June 30, 2008. The African Union...
