Zimbabwean runoff gets off to slow start (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 06/27/2008 - 2:14am

President Robert Mugabe greets the crowd at his final rally in Chitungwiza, Thursday, June 26, 2008.<br /><br />Mugabe said Thursday he is open to talks with the opposition on the eve of an election the Movement for Democratic Change is boycotting.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential runoff got off to a slow start Friday, with the vote seen as an exercise that won't solve the country's political crisis — and may even deepen it.




 

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