Election rigging
May 12 2008, Keith

President Mbeki, derided in South Africa and abroad for his policy on Zimbabwe, plans to use the decision to hold a presidential run-off there to revive his battered diplomacy and push for a regional settlement to the crisis.

On Friday advisers to Mr...

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