ABC News: Mugabe Leaves Zimbabwe for Rome Summit
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Western leaders expressed outrage yesterday as Robert Mugabe flew into Rome in defiance of an EU travel ban to attend a United Nations world food summit while millions of people are starving under his brutal rule in Zimbabwe. (article 5)
Delegations from 162 countries, gathered in Rome to seek ways out of a global food crisis, will be addressed today by President Mugabe of Zimbabwe. (article 9)
In the latest move against the Zimbabwean opposition in advance of runoff elections on June 27, the police arrested two prominent politicians on Sunday in their homes, opposition officials said. (article 2)
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who is facing a runoff election later this month, was in Italy Monday to attend a U.N. food summit, a spokesman said. (article 4)
As Zimbabwe's economic crisis has deepened, Mugabe has ceded significant power to the country's security forces the Central Intelligence Organization, the military, and the police. (article 11)
Zimbabwe's government debt increased 65-fold in a six-week period preelection, with the government raising salaries for security forces as well as purchasing farm equipment (FT). (article 12)
A top Zimbabwe Army general called on the nation's soldiers to vote for President Robert Mugabe in a runoff or resign from the military, the official state newspaper reported Saturday. (article 13)
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Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Tsvangirai, opposition, Food |
Source articles
- Zimbabwe opposition leader held (BBC News, 06/01/2008, 230 words)
- 2 Opposition Leaders Arrested in Zimbabwe (nytimes.com, 06/02/2008, 804 words)
- Officials Criticize Mugabe’s Presence at a U.N. Conference in Rome (nytimes.com, 06/03/2008, 604 words)
- ABC News: Mugabe Leaves Zimbabwe for Rome Summit (ABCNews, 06/02/2008, 332 words)
- Robert Mugabe flies in to become unwelcome guest at high table in Rome (timesonline.co.uk, 06/03/2008, 764 words)
- Mugabe food talks trip 'obscene' (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 521 words)
- Mugabe in Rome (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 946 words)
- Eyes on Mugabe at Rome summit (BBC News, 06/02/2008, 744 words)
- Robert Mugabe: a Roman holiday -Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 06/03/2008, 636 words)
- Summit targets global food crisis (BBC News, 06/03/2008, 619 words)
- Zimbabwe's Security Sector (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 1804 words)
- Mugabe's Weakening Grip (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 462 words)
- General Says Back Mugabe or Quit Army (nytimes.com, 06/01/2008, 280 words)
- Troops 'must back Mugabe or quit' (BBC News, 05/31/2008, 293 words)
- Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 06/03/2008, 498 words)
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