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Article: Mugabe Appeals For Reconciliation
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- June 27, 2000
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RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
06-27-2000
Mugabe Appeals For Reconciliation
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- President Robert Mugabe appealed for national reconciliation Tuesday after his ruling party narrowly won parliamentary elections following a bitter campaign marked by violence and intimidation.
Mugabe promised to work with Zimbabwe's newly elected parliament, which will have a serious opposition presence for the first time in a decade.
``Our next parliament is certainly destined to prove very lively, but hopefully lively in a very positive way,'' the 76-year-old authoritarian president said.
Opposition candidates, promising a change from the country's disastrous economic ...