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Deal 'close' for Mugabe to leave ... basis goods. Last week the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued a 250-million-dollar note that's worth about one US dollar. The main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change or MDC, has rejected the delay until late July of the run-off presidential election that was announced by Zimbabwe's electoral commission on Wednesday. The MDC says the run-off should be held next week. Its candidate Morgan Tsvangirai has claimed that he beat veteran President Robert Mugabe outright in the first round on March 29.
(Deutsche Welle)
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