Prospects grow for Zimbabwe election runoff (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 04/02/2008 - 3:19am

A child walks past election posters in the Harare suburb of Epworth, Zimbabwe, March 31, 2008.<br /><br />REUTERS/Mike HutchingsReuters - Prospects for a runoff in Zimbabwe's election appeared to increase on Wednesday after state media said President Robert Mugabe had failed to win a majority for the first time in nearly three decades.




 

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