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Article: Hard-line Zimbabwe generals salute Tsvangirai
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- August 11, 2009
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Zimbabwean generals known as hard-line supporters of President Robert Mugabe saluted former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Tuesday, a gesture welcomed as a public boost for the country's struggling coalition government.
During presidential campaigning last year, generals vowed never to salute Tsvangirai, saying their loyalty was to Mugabe. But they showed Tsvangirai that mark of respect as he attended his first Armed Forces Day ceremony as prime minister.
Mugabe, who spoke at the ceremony, formed a unity government with Tsvangirai in February. Tsvangirai has complained that the coalition has been slow to enact promised political reforms and that his supporters are ...