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More on the Economic Madness in Zimbabwe

Published: August 20, 2007, 10:29 pm

Tags: Economics, Robert Mugabe, Africa, Dictatorship, Zimbabwe

new enemies of President Robert Mugabe's regime inhabit one of the country's last productive sectors -- manufacturing and retail. In an Orwellian twist to Zimbabwe's downward spiral, more than 7,000 of them have been arrested and jailed in recent weeks, accused of breaching draconian new price controls.[...]Meat disappeared after the

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Zimbabwe Faces Economic Collapse

Published: August 19, 2007, 4:42 pm

Tags: Economics, Robert Mugabe, Africa, Zimbabwe, Agriculture

under the dictatorship of Robert Mugabe, faces an imminent economic collapse. According to the report by The Telegraph, the collapse could come as soon as December.The economy of Zimbabwe is facing total collapse within four months, leaving the country facing a slide into Congo-style anarchy, The Sunday Telegraph has been told.Western

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Barron: Let Ahmadinejad Mourn at Ground Zero

Published: September 20, 2007, 2:00 pm

Tags: Politics, Charles Barron, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Robert Mugabe

Here is Councilman Charles Barron, who once invited Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, to City Hall, saying another controversial leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, should be allowed to visit Ground Zero. "If anybody wants to mourn that, let them do it," said Barron.

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Mozambique's Ex-President Wins $5 Million African Leadership Prize

Published: October 23, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Mozambique S, Ex President, Wins, Million, African, Leadership, Prize, Mo Ibrahim, Joaquim Albert Chissano, Mozambique, Kofi Annan, London, Nyimpine Chissano, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Africa, Carlos Cardoso, Robert Mugabe, Ross Herbert, Samora Machel

JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 22 -- Former Mozambique president Joaquim Chissano won a $5 million leadership prize Monday that promoters hope will encourage other African heads of state to rule wisely, without overstaying their welcomes.

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Ian Smith, 88; Defiant Leader Of White-Separatist Rhodesia

Published: November 21, 2007, 12:00 am

Tags: Ian, Smith, Defiant, Leader, White Separatist, Rhodesia, Alec Smith, Ian Smith, Zimbabwe, United Kingdom, Robert Mugabe, South Africa, B J Vorster, Cape Town, Garfield Todd, United States, Playboy Enterprises Inc, Africa, Alec Douglas Home, Clem Tholet, Donna Summer

Ian Smith, 88, the steely prime minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who unilaterally declared the former British colony's independence in 1965 and spent 14 years defying international sanctions and calls for black majority rule, died Nov. 20 at a clinic near Cape Town, South Africa, after a stroke....

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Chavez's Latest Target: Dairy Farmers

Published: January 22, 2008, 9:02 pm

Tags: Economics, Robert Mugabe, Hugo Chavez, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Price Controls, Agriculture

future for Venezuela. The Robert Mugabe regime that controls the Zimbabwe is a fellow socialist government (like Chavez) that created an economic implosion after it imposed stringent price controls, making it nearly impossible for businesses to continue to be economically viable and stable.Zimbabwe also serves as a good comparison because

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WORLD IN BRIEF

Published: February 14, 2008, 12:00 am

Tags: World, Brief, China, Somalia, Darfur, Benazir Bhutto, Husnain Gul, Robert Mugabe, Thabo Mbeki, Zimbabwe, Beijing, Islamabad, Kurt Westergaard, Lal Masjid, Swat Valley, Chinese Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Denmark, International Federation Of Red Cross And Red Crescent

Forces in northern Somalia freed a German aid worker from gunmen who had abducted him hours before, officials said Wednesday.

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Mugabe Challenger Short on Specifics

Published: February 14, 2008, 12:00 am

Tags: Mugabe, Challenger, Short, Specifics, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe, Arthur Mutambara, Africa, Gabriel Chaibva, Harare, Movement For Democratic Change

HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb. 13 -- A former ruling party stalwart opened his presidential campaign Wednesday by saying he would defeat President Robert Mugabe in a landslide in Zimbabwe's March 29 election, but he offered few hints on how.

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Happy 84th b'day Bob (Mugabe) - and now... beat it!

Published: February 23, 2008, 10:32 pm

Tags: Mdc, Robert Mugabe, Declaration On Bioethics And Human Rights, Birthday, Mugabe, Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans celebrate Uncle madhat Bob's 84th birthday bash...

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WORLD IN BRIEF

Published: March 2, 2008, 12:00 am

Tags: World, Brief, Robert Mugabe, Saudi Arabia, Simba Makoni, Movement For Democratic Change, Zimbabwe, Okinawa Prefecture, Benedicto Giron, Central Europe, Dumiso Dabengwa, Guatemala City, Kofi Annan, Morgan Tsvangirai, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Tyrone Hadnott, Walid Moal

Saudi Arabia has advised its citizens in Lebanon, especially families living there, to leave immediately because of the security situation, a Lebanese government source said Saturday.

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Insanity: Doing The Same Thing Over And Over Again And Expecting A Different Result Each Time

Published: March 9, 2008, 6:22 pm

Tags: Foreign Affairs, Robert Mugabe Amp 039 S Incompetence

By any measure, Robert Mugabe is insane: President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has signed into law the country's indigenisation legislation, empowering the state to take over control of foreign- and white-owned businesses. The move comes just three weeks before presidential and parliamentary elections that Mr Mugabe is favourite to

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Mugabe Losing Support of Elites

Published: April 2, 2008, 12:00 am

Tags: Mugabe, Losing, Support, Elites, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe, Dumisani Muleya, Harare, John Makumbe

HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 1 -- Some members of Zimbabwe's jittery ruling elite have concluded that President Robert Mugabe must step down after apparently losing an election last weekend and have begun reaching out to opposition leaders to resolve the four-day-old political standoff, according to...

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Zimbabwe's Fraud Watch

Published: March 31, 2008, 6:14 pm

Tags: International, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Morgan Tsvangirai, Elections And Voting, Politics

A clandestine group is publishing poll results

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Mugabe's Last Stand

Published: March 22, 2008, 1:33 pm

Tags: International, Simba Makoni, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

A former close ally may offer the best chance yet of toppling Zimbabwe's dictator at the ballot box.