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Article: Zimbabwe: Mugabe's opposition softens its stance.(WORLD)(Robert Mugabe)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- April 18, 2008
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Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer | a contributor
Bulawayo and Harare, Zimbabwe -- After weeks of insisting that it had won Zimbabwe's March 29 elections outright and that Robert Mugabe's government would be pressured to accept defeat, the main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has begun to reach out to smaller parties to form a unified front ahead of a possible runoff against Mr. Mugabe.
The opposition's change of strategy may be the result of an increasingly polarized environment, where government officials have accused MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason, as well as a belated realization that the MDC has little to no ...