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Article: Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe has slaughtered and terrorized his way into an approximation of a victory at the polls: His rival, Morgan Tsvangirai of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, has opted not to ask his supporters to risk death and torture to vote in an election that is sure to be fraudulent.(The Week)(Brief article)
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- July 14, 2008
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Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe has slaughtered and terrorized his way into an approximation of a victory at the polls: His rival, Morgan Tsvangirai of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, has opted not to ask his supporters to risk death and torture to vote in an election that is sure to be fraudulent. Tsvangirai bested Mugabe in the first round of voting, but Mugabe refused to concede, having arranged enough ballot-rigging to provide himself cover to demand a runoff. What followed was predictable: a campaign of murder, torture, rape, and imprisonment ...