Washington - US President George W Bush called for an end to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime on Tuesday and pledged US support to help rebuild the country once he's gone.

"We urge others from the region to step up and join the growing chorus of voices calling for an end to Mugabe's tyranny," Bush said, adding it's "time for Robert Mugabe to go."

London  - The British Foreign Office minister responsible for Africa, Mark Malloch-Brown, will travel to South Africa later this week to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe, the government in London sai

Harare/Johannesburg - A group of senior United Nations officials has arrived in Zimbabwe to lead efforts to combat a devastating cholera epidemic, answering an appeal by President Robert Mugabe's government last week for help.

At least 575 people have died and over 12,000 people been infected in a cholera outbreak that began in sewage-drenched poor urban townships in August.

Because those figures do not include people who died at home, the real toll is thought to be much higher.

The state-controlled daily Herald newspaper said Tuesday that five World Health Organization (WHO) experts arrived from Geneva on Monday.

Berlin - Germany increased Monday its humanitarian aid for Zimbabweans, giving 1 million euros (1.3 million dollars) to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to supply hospitals.

London  - Citing the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe as yet another sign of ruin in Zimbabwe, a top ranking official in Britain's Anglican Church Sunday added his voice to the calls for President Robert Mugabe to be forced out of office and put on trial in The Hague.

The call by John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York and second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury in the church hierarchy, followed similar urgings from South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, who Friday called for the international community to intervene.

London/Johannesburg - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday called for "international" action to remove Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe as the southern Africa nation sank further into political and social crisis.

The British premier said the international community had to show Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since its independence 28 years ago, that "enough is enough."

In light of the cholera outbreak in the country as well as the ongoing economic and political crisis, the situation in Zimbabwe was no longer a national emergency for Zimbabwe but an international one, Brown said.

Cholera in Zimbabwe has claimed close to 600 lives since its outbreak in August due to a breakdown of the countries infrastructure.