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| Mugabe regime warns West to 'stop meddling' |
| 2008-07-08 |
| Robert Mugabe's regime warned the West on Monday to 'stop meddling' in Zimbabwe's crisis as the veteran leader faced mounting pressure to cut a deal with the opposition after his one-man election. 'We appeal to foreigners and external forces to leave the resolution of the Zimbabwe situation to Zimbabweans alone,' Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa told the state-run Herald newspaper. 'Britain, the US and the EU, in particular, should stop meddling in our affairs.' Group of Eight industrial powers, at a meeting on the sidelines of the summit, were to urge African leaders to pile pressure on Mugabe over the violence-wracked vote boycotted by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Zimbabwe's parties to restore the 'rule of law' and said he would take up the crisis with African leaders. Ban, speaking to AFP on his plane as he arrived in Japan, said Mugabe's election lacked legitimacy. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told his Japanese counterpart Yasuo Fukuda it was 'important to send a strong message to secure democracy in Zimbabwe,' a Japanese government official said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel meanwhile said new sanctions were to be discussed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Or what? You're gonna starve harder? |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-07-08 10:58 |
| #3 I've had it with all these sewers. Blockade them and let nothing in or out; people included. Like sending a kid to his room. If, after a while, they can prove to have learned their lesson let them out. Rinse and repeat as necessary. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2008-07-08 09:59 |
| #2 I mean, really. Everybody in the country's a friggin millionaire. Whitey must be jealous. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-08 09:29 |
| #1 'We appeal to foreigners and external forces to leave the resolution of the Zimbabwe situation to Zimbabweans alone,' ...and Mr Mugabe is Zimbabwean, so leave him alone! |
| Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar 2008-07-08 09:27 |