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Tehran - Despite harsh Western protests against the one-sided presidential election in Zimbabwe, Iran on Tuesday voiced "respect" for the election result in the African state.

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, at the centre of a political crisis over his disputed election win, is expected to face pressure Tuesday at the African Union summit in

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Wellington - The New Zealand government will encourage the national cricket team, the Black Caps, against making its scheduled tour of Zimbabwe next year, but past experience shows that it depends on the International Cricket Council, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Monday.

"Obviously we would prefer that the Blacks Caps not play in Zimbabwe," she told her weekly press conference, condemning Robert Mugabe's claim of a landslide victory in the weekend's presidential election as "a farce with tragic consequences."

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - President Robert Mugabe, widely criticized over his disputed re-election, has arrived for the African summit set to begin Monday in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el