Posted on 01/01/2007 12:05:44 PM PST by Bahbah
Andrew Meldrum in Johannesburg Monday January 1, 2007 The Guardian
Robert Mugabe's government has moved to close Zimbabwe's remaining independent press by stripping newspaper owner Trevor Ncube of his citizenship. The action against the publisher comes as Mr Mugabe, 82 and president for 26 years, pushes for an extension to his term of office by a further two years. Frustrated by unprecedented resistance from within his Zanu-PF party, he appears to be trying to silence all of his critics.
More at the link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,,1980939,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
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Another Jimmy Carter success story.
Just think if he had had a full 8 years. *shudder*
Inflation at rates comparable to Wiemar Germany, the Soviet Union still intact, a less than 300 ship navy (Bush has carried that out for him), thermostats set at 62 in the winter, communists in control of much of South America (another place Bush carried through for him).
Paging Desmond Tutu...
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