Zimbabwe

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"Voldemort is alive and well and living in Zimbabwe"

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voldemort, J.K. Rowlings, Elections, Harvard Commencement Speeches, Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Mbeki, Human Rights Issues, Harry Potter, Tsvangira, Politics News

Perhaps, I should say "You-Know-Who" or "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" but the more we vocalize the name, the less power and fear he will use to violate Z...

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Senator McCain, Please Define "Free Nation"

Vanessa Edwards Foster | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Russia, Politics, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Gaza, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Uzbekistan, 2008 Presidential Race, Iran, Israel, John McCain Foreign Policy, Russia Georgia War, Foreign Policy, Home News

Iraq used to hold elections -- before the American invasion. Does that mean America was an aggressor on a "free nation"? McCain's simplistic tough talk is just Bush-policy in the making.

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Georgia-Russia Conflict: Moscow Challenges America's Global and Regional Authority

Omid Memarian | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Double Standard, Democracy, Zimbabwe, United Nations, Iraq, China, Russia Georgia War, Seymour Hersh, France, The United States, Iran, Latine America. Foriegn Policy, Georgia, Russia, Israel, Khalilzad, Churkin, Politics News

One of the lessons the U.S. could learn from the conflict is that America is no longer the most effective nation when it comes to interfering, influencing and finally resolving conflicts among nations.

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Zimbabwe Faces 50 Million Percent Inflation, Uses Gasoline Coupons For Currency

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 08.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Zimbabwe, Inflation, Zimbabwe Inflation, Gas Prices, Weak Economy, Stupid News, Business News

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Reeling from the highest inflation rate in the world, barred by the government from using U.S. dollars for purchases, Zimbabw...

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Zimbabwe Devalues Currency; 10B becomes 1 dollar

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Currency, Business News

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe announced Wednesday that it is knocking 10 zeros off its hyper-inflated currency _ a move that turns 10 billion doll...

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Or Supply Your Own Punchline...

Merrill Markoe | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Sanctions, Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Politics News

Bush said, "no regime should ignore the will of its own people and calls from the international community without consequences."

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Bush Expands Sanctions Against Zimbabwe

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, George W. Bush, Sanctions, Home News

WASHINGTON — President Bush signed an executive order on Friday to expand sanctions against what he calls the "illegitimate" regime of Zimbabwe'...

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Zimbabwe's Money Worth More As eBay Novelty Than As Actual Money

AP | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Zimbabwe Ebay, Zimbabwe Bank Notes, Zimbabwe Money Ebay, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Inflation, Zimbabwe Bank Notes Ebay, Zimbabwe Money, Business News

Amid Zimbabwe's mind-boggling hyper inflation, a new 100 billion dollar bank note has more value as a novelty item on eBay than on the streets of the ...

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Let's Stage a Non-Intervention

Alan Miller | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe Presidential Election, Politics News

The US and Europe's calls to intervene in Zimbabwe has far more to do with attempting to rehabilitate some sense of "good vs evil" than with empowering ordinary people to take control of their own lives.

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Zimbabwe Inflation Hits 2.2 Million Percent

AFP | Godfrey Marawanyika | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe Inflation Crisis, Zimbabwe Economic Crisis, Inflation, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Money, Zimbabwe Inflation, Business News

Zimbabwe's inflation rate, already the world's highest, hit an astronomical 2.2 million percent Wednesday after Robert Mugabe's re-election in a one-...

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Mugabe Allies Terrorize Farmers In Zimbabwe (PHOTOS)

CNN | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Zimbabwe, ZImbabwe Crisis, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe Mugabe Thugs, Zimbabwe Farm Invasions, Zimbabwe Elections, Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe White Farmers, Home News

It was a frigid June night at Pickstone Mine in Zimbabwe when 67-year-old Angela Campbell -- soaking wet, her arm broken and a gun to her head -- sign...

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Zimbabwe Inflation Chaos: Nation Running Out Of Bank Note Paper

LA Times | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zimbabwe Inflation Problems, Zimbabwe Inflation Trouble, Zimbabwe Bank Notes, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Inflation, Politics News

It has come to this: Zimbabwe is about to run out of the paper to print money on. Fidelity Printers & Refiners, the state-owned company that tireless...

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Fault Lines Emanating From Zimbabwe

Joe Lauria | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Zalmay Khalilzad, Sudan, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe, United Nations, Russia, Zimbabwe Elections, China, Robert Mugabe, Sanctions, Africa, Diplomacy, Politics News

The vetoed sanctions resolution against Zimbabwe at the Security Council has exposed international tensions that divide the West from Africa, Russia from the West and the US from South Africa.

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Notes From Mandela's 90th Birthday in London

Roderick Spencer | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mandela Zimbabwe, Alfre Woodard, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, Politics News

On the situation in Zimbabwe, Mandela made a deceptively simple, almost bland, statement, which has exerted great influence. He called it "A tragic failure of leadership."

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Prison Officer's Secret Film Reveals How Mugabe Stole An Election

Guardian | Duncan Campbell and Paul Lewis | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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A film that graphically shows how Robert Mugabe's supporters rigged Zimbabwe's election has been smuggled out of the country by a prison officer. It i...

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Report: Mugabe Plans To Assassinate, Frame Zimbabwe Opposition Members To Consolidate Power

Times Online | Catherine Philp | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zimbabwe Presidential Election, Mugabe Assassination Plans, Zimbabwe Election Violence, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Opposition, Mugabe Zimbabwe Opposition, Robert Mugabe, Politics News

Fresh from his rigged election victory, Robert Mugabe and his military backers plan to assassinate or frame dozens of opposition MPs in an attempt to ...

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The Uselessness of Sanctions

Simon Jenkins | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Sanctions, UN Sanctions on Zimbabwe, Sanctions, Divestment, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Economic sanctions are coward's war. Their champions can find hardly a shred of evidence in their favour; they are the last refuge of stupidity in foreign policy.

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A Experts' Roundtable on Zimbabwe

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Chenjerai Hove, A, Morgan Tsvangarai Zimbabwe, Philip Gourevich, Afric, Zimbabwe Elections, Politics News

I recently spoke with four people who know Zimbabwe, which has been gripped in a power struggle.

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US Wants UN Sanctions For Mugabe, Zimbabwe

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The U.S. pressed fellow U.N. Security Council members Wednesday to impose sanctions to push for change in Zimbabwe,...

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Washington's Hypocrisy Over African Dictatorships

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Zimbabwe, Dictatorship, Equatorial Guinea, Africa, Robert Mugabe, Politics News

Despite claims of support for the advancement of democracy, the United States continues to support other African dictatorships that are as bad as or even worse than that of Zimbabwe.

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"Go Hang," Zimbabwe President's Spokesman Tells The West

AP | ANNA JOHNSON and PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — African efforts to encourage a deal between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his opponents showed no results Tuesday...

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No Armed Interventions in Zimbabwe

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Security First, Zimbabwe, United Nations, 2008 Presidential Race, Global Triage, Peacekeeping, Morality and Foreign Policy, Darfur, Sudan, Humanitarian Intervention, Genocide, Mugabe, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Politics News

The opposition to the government of Mugabe just called for the African nations to send peacekeepers to Zimbabwe. Given that there is no peace there, the troops are in effect called to impose one.

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Can We Rescue Democracy from the Right?

John Feffer | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neoconservatives, Ned, Zimbabwe, Democracy, Poland, Robert Mugabe, Politics News

Yes, the U.S. government has given "democracy promotion" a bad name. But progressives should not withhold support from movements in other countries fighting nonviolently against tyranny.

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Mugabe At African Union: An Uneasy Reception

AP | ANNA JOHNSON and PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Mugabe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, African Union, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Elections, Sub-Saharan Africa, Politics News

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe entered an African summit accompanied by the meeting's host Monday, a sign that African...

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Mugabe Inaugurated President After Zimbabwe's Sham Election

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 06.29.2008 | Home

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term Sunday after a widely discredited runoff i...

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