Mugabe rival in rare foreign trip
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai travels abroad to seek support for the first time since 2002.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in an article published today in The Independent, said he would boycott a scheduled EU-Africa Summit slated for December if Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe attends.  Brown accused Mugabe of having left his country in an "appalling and tragic situation." The December summit would be the first between the EU and Africa in 7-years. The current holder of the EU Presidency, Portugal says it has yet to make a decision on whether to invite Mugabe to the EU-Africa summit planned for December in Lisbon.
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The Georgian governmental delegation, head by Zurab Zhvania, the Prime Minister of Georgia, today leaves for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the three-day working visit.
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Celebrating his 83rd birthday  on Saturday, President Robert Mugabe accused his main  opposition rival of trying to oust him with British help, but  vowed these efforts would fail.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition leader took his campaign against President Robert Mugabe to Britain, rallying expatriates and declaring their destitute southern African country ready for "regime change".
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International pressure will be key to ending the crisis in Zimbabwe as domestic opponents of President Robert Mugabe have lost heart, the head of the country&#39;s Catholic church said Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe's splintered opposition Movement for Democratic Change will not boycott next month's general elections but will field rival candidates, badly weakening its chances of unseating President Robert Mugabe.
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The leader of the northern rebels in Ivory Coast is traveling to South Africa to meet with President Thabo Mbeki to discuss the peace process in the world&#39;s number one cocoa-producing nation.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 17 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki traveled to neighboring Zimbabwe on Thursday to pressure leaders to complete negotiations that have brought the government and the opposition to the brink of a deal after years of political stalemate, officials from both countries said.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was briefly detained at Harare International Airport on his return from a European tour, an official with his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said.
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England captain Michael Vaughan says the Zimbabwe tour could still in doubt if the team are forced to meet Robert Mugabe.
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HARARE  - England skipper Michael Vaughan turned up the pressure ahead of the opening match against Zimbabwe by warning that his team will quit the tour if they are forced to meet Robert Mugabe.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's hopes of cruising to victory at polls next month suffered a severe jolt Tuesday as his respected former finance minister Simba Makoni announced his candidacy.
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A former ruling party loyalist who clashed with President Robert Mugabe over economic policy announced Tuesday he would run against Mugabe as an independent in next month's presidential election, hoping to galvanize others disillusioned with the party.
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A South African trade union delegation is allowed into Zimbabwe despite being told their visit is not acceptable.
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ZIMBABWE&#39;S Foreign Minister ratcheted up hostility with its former colonial ruler yesterday, saying that his country was at &quot;war&quot; with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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The delegation from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), a partner in the ruling African National Congress government, was held up for nearly an hour by officials at Harare&#39;s international airport on arrival for a visit Mugabe&#39;s government