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	Zimbabwe parliamentary elections, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, which had some 6,000 observers in the 8,000 polling stations, says that some 10% of would-be voters were turned away, either because their names were not on the electoral roll, they did not have the right identity papers, or they were in the wrong constituency.
		Zimbabwe ratified new Southern African Development Community rules [13] in August 2004 governing principles and guidelines on elections; however, no reports on Zimbabwe's compliance have been issued by the body.
		Other organisations among those invited are the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Law Society of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Election Support Network, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Affirmative Action Group, Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, Centre for Peace Initiatives in Southern Africa and the Southern African Institute for Democracy and Good Governance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zimbabwe_parliamentary_elections,_2005 (2775 words)

	Socialism Today - Zimbabwe Elections
		In January, however, army commander, Vitalis Zvinavashe, issued a thinly-veiled threat of a military coup in the event of a MDC victory: "Let it be known that the highest office in the land is a straitjacket whose occupant is expected to observe the objectives of the liberation struggle.
		The masses in Zimbabwe are faced with a choice between the rock of the MDC and the hard place of Zanu-PF.
		However, a stalemate in the elections or a narrow victory for either party and the possibility of civil conflict may increase the pressure exerted by South Africa and the EU on Tsvangirai and Mugabe to reach a compromise.
	www.socialismtoday.org /63/zimbabwe.html (1937 words)

	Zimbabwe (07/05)
		The elections were supervised by the British Government and monitored by hundreds of observers, most of whom concluded that, under the prevailing circumstances, the elections were free and fair and reflected the will of the people.
		In November 1982, Zimbabwe was chosen by the OAU to hold one of the non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council for the following two years, which brought it onto the center stage of world events and gave it much-needed experience in international affairs.
		Zimbabwe also has substantial coal reserves that are utilized for power generation, and recently discovered in Matabeleland province are coalbed methane deposits greater than any known natural gas field in Southern or Eastern Africa.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5479.htm (6974 words)

	Zimbabwe parliamentary elections, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Zimbabwe is reported to arrest or evict thousands in big cities Clearing of shantytowns appears aimed at potential enemi...
		Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Zimbabwe on March 31, 2005, a date set by President Robert Mugabe, who was reelected president in 2002 and whose term does not expire until 2008.
		[1] Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party will contest the elections; the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has complained that the country is not yet ready for the elections, and according to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the party has not yet decided whether to contest the elections.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Zimbabwe_parliamentary_elections,_2005 (533 words)

	Mail & Guardian Online: Zimbabwe Elections
		Zimbabwe's main opposition party said it will take its seats when the country's new Parliament is inaugurated on Tuesday, despite branding the March 31 parliamentary polls as a massive fraud.
		Straw said the parliamentary election in Zimbabwe was marked by irregularities and was not free and fair.
		Zimbabwe's president is likely to mend party factions, but has rejected reconciliation with the opposition.
	www.mg.co.za /zimelections2005 (1400 words)

	NewsHour Extra: Zimbabwe Elections - March 13, 2002
		Recently, self-proclaimed veterans of Zimbabwe's war for independence have been attacking white farm-owners and their employees, sometimes killing them, and occupying the land.
		Mugabe has expressed his approval of this practice, Zimbabwe's courts as well as other countries and organizations around the world agree the practice is wrong.
		However, Zimbabwe's economy has been struggling for the past three years because of issues including the farm seizures, which have caused food shortages, and other problems.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/jan-june02/zimbabwe.html (1056 words)

	Zimbabwe - Elections 2000 - Sustainable Democracy - SARDC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 20-year ruling party of Zimbabwe squeaked to a narrow victory in the fifth parliamentary elections when the vote counting was completed this morning.
		It was an unprecedented election, with ZANU-PF’s rural stronghold saving the day as MDC swept 39 urban constituencies, almost all the three Matabeleland provinces and some rural seats as well.
		The SADC Parliamentary Forum, an association of parliaments of the 14-member economic bloc, hailed the people of Zimbabwe for maintaining order during the voting period but added that a detailed statement on the pre-election and post election period would be submitted to its executive committee and the Plenary of the Forum.
	www.sardc.net /sd/elections2000/zimbabwe/zim_zanu.html (1029 words)

	ZNet \| Africa \| Zimbabwe's Elections Not Free Or Fair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One way to judge the fairness of Zimbabweâs elections is by the criteria set out by SADC, which Zimbabwe is a signatory to.
		The SADC Parliamentary Forumâs Norms and Standards for Election in the SADC Region (adopted March 2001 in Windhoek, Namibia).
		This is however, unlikely to occur in Zimbabwe, given the culture of fear amongst Zimbabweans, and economic disparity characterized by 80% poverty, inflation reported at 116% and severe lack of foreign currency and hence, shortage of staple food.
	www.zmag.org /content/Africa/moyo_zimbabwe.cfm (722 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Zimbabwe
		Zimbabwe's trade unions are beginning a three-day general strike after Robert Mugabe's disputed election win.
		Zimbabwe's trade unions today embark on a three-day general strike, in protest at the harassment of pro-opposition workers since Robert Mugabe's victory in last week's disputed presidential election.
		The Zimbabwe election support network, another independent team, said there is "no way these elections could be described as substantially free and fair".
	www.guardian.co.uk /zimbabwe/article/0,2763,661704,00.html (906 words)

	Online NewsHour: Zimbabwe's Election -- June 27, 2000
		Zimbabwe's ambassador to the U.S. and the president of the National Democratic Institute discuss the outcome.
		And I think that most groups who have monitored elections throughout the world have come to the same conclusion, and that is that the environment leading up to the election day was fundamentally flawed.
		I think democrats throughout the world were inspired by the struggle in Zimbabwe, by Zimbabwean democrats for their independence movement, for the movement to end white minority rule in Zimbabwe 20 years ago.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/africa/jan-june00/zimbabwe_6-27.html (1790 words)

	Mugabe's party wins Zimbabwe elections as opposition charges fraud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The elections were closely watched to gauge whether Mugabe would live up to a commitment to hold a free and fair vote, in accordance with guidelines for democratic polls agreed last year by regional leaders.
		For their part, election observers from a key southern African grouping led by regional power South Africa issued a statement that fell short of calling the vote free and fair, instead saying that the elections were "conducted in an open, transparent and professional manner."
		The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, an elections monitoring group, said it estimated that 25 percent of voters had been turned away from polling stations nationwide, with the highest number prevented from voting in the Midlands area and Harare.
	www.theallineed.com /news/0504/017950.htm (1155 words)

	RaceandHistory.com - Sloppy Criticisms of Zimbabwe Elections 2005
		There have never been free and fair elections in the United States of America, with its controlled and manipulative media, together with the high cost of campaigning that makes it unfairly difficult for the best and brightest to ever be elected to leadership.
		She is part of a government that has been accused of rigging elections twice, and using extreme measures to deny Blacks from voting.
		So one of the things that was very clear when I was in Zimbabwe in January was that there was not the same level of fear about the MDC that existed at the end of 1999 going into the elections of 2000.
	www.raceandhistory.com /historicalviews/2005/0304.html (3308 words)

	Democracy Now! \| The Zimbabwe Elections: Opposition Accuses Mugabe of Rigging the Vote
		Zimbabwe is teaching it to the African and pan-African world, as well as to the neo-colonizers who are trying to re-colonize Zimbabwe.
		SADC, the Southern African Development Community has election observers on the ground and it is important to note that Zimbabwe is the first country and the only country to hold its elections along the guidelines and principles of the SADC election law.
		And so the question of the elections in Zimbabwe is really more tied to the question of whether Bush and Blair, Britain and the United States, are able to capitalize on their plan to re-colonize Africans.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=05/04/01/1432225 (2261 words)

	Long Lines Prevail in Zimbabwe Elections (phillyBurbs.com)
		HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabweans waited in long lines Thursday to vote in parliamentary elections that President Robert Mugabe hopes will prove the legitimacy of a regime critics say is increasingly isolated and repressive.
		Zimbabwe's economy has shrunk 50 percent over the past five years.
		Agriculture - the economic base of Zimbabwe - has collapsed and at least 70 percent of the population live in poverty.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/91-03312005-470157.html (577 words)

	Panapress Official Website
		Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Opposition groups in Zimbabwe have called for the boycott of parliamentary elections slated for March 2005 in the country alleging that the political landscape was tilted in favour of President Robert Mugabe.
		Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Government authorities Wednesday adopted draft changes to the Zimbabwean electoral laws, a key part of which is the establishment of an independent electoral body to administer elections in the country.
		Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe Friday said the southern African country was in the final stages of de-colonisation by seizing farms from white farmers to resettle landless fls.
	www.panapress.com /dossindexlat.asp?code=eng013 (3553 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute
		Due to the Zimbabwe government's decision to deny accreditation to international non-governmental organizations to observe the elections, NDI's observer team was recalled in mid-June.
		To increase public confidence in the election process and deter fraud, NDI provided technical assistance and training on election monitoring to all of the political parties in the months leading up to the parliamentary elections.
		Six weeks prior to the elections, NDI deployed an international pre-election assessment mission to Zimbabwe, which was welcomed by leaders of all Zimbabwean political parties and civic organizations.
	www.ndi.org /worldwide/safrica/zimbabwe/zimbabwe.asp (507 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
		Zimbabwe was built on the knowledge and capital of the "white" farmers.
		Regardless of the pressure groups in the West, all that Zimbabweans want is a free and fair election in order to choose a president of their choice, and Mr Mugabe is not allowing this to happen.
		The youth in Zimbabwe today do not have jobs; thus they have been preyed upon by the ruling party to commit atrocities on its behalf in order to terrorise the electorate in voting for ZANU PF.
	discuss.washingtonpost.com /zforum/02/world_hughes030802.htm (3556 words)

	United Press International: Impatient voters conclude chaotic election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Published 3/10/2002 5:46 AM HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 10 (UPI) -- Impatient voters fearful that President Robert Mugabe was rigging the national election in his favor by cutting back polling places challenged soldiers and in some cases braved warning shots to push their way toward voting booths before the deadline, the South African Sunday Times reported.
		Mugabe, since independence from Britain in 1980 the only leader Zimbabwe has ever known, has charged his opponent with treason and ordered the 45,000-strong army to vote for him, amid widespread suspicion that he will attempt to hold on to power regardless of the voting outcome.
		Despite what was violent intimidation in recent months, thousands of Zimbabwe voters stood in the rain and cold waiting for a chance to vote.
	www.upi.com /view.cfm?StoryID=10032002-050455-6346r (492 words)

	Elections in Zimbabwe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Trust was established in April 2000 to foster the principles of democracy in Zimbabwe.
		It is critical with the violence in the course of land occupations of white farmers and with the harassement of opposition supporters.
		The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is a parastatal company gathering four radio channels and two TV channels.
	www.diplomaticnet.com /uk/act/act44.html (580 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Special report: Zimbabwe
		July 7: Dozens of failed asylum seekers from Zimbabwe could win a reprieve from orders sending them back to their homeland after a senior judge urged the home secretary, Charles Clarke, to halt deportations to that country pending a high court hearing next month.
		July 6: A Zimbabwean asylum seeker who went on hunger strike in a British detention centre was granted bail today, as the government confirmed that 33 other Zimbabweans are still on hunger strike.
		April 8: Zimbabwe's opposition has alleged "massive fraud" in last week's parliamentary elections.
	www.guardian.co.uk /zimbabwe/0,2759,181131,00.html (380 words)

	Zimbabwe on the Internet
		Taylor, Ian - "We are the Democrats: The Crisis in Zimbabwe and the Death of the NEPAD".
		Zimbabwe film on the role of women in the war of independence.
		The report recommends that "The Government of Zimbabwe should unilaterally withdraw from the SOCEBO logging deal,......The Parliament of Zimbabwe should condemn the corporate ambitions of Zanu-PF,...." Global Witness is based in London.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/zim.html (7957 words)

	Zimbabwe elections
		I pay tribute to the courage and determination the people of Zimbabwe have shown in participating in large numbers in last weekend's elections, demonstrating one of the highest electoral turnouts over the last 15 years.
		The outcome is a heavily reduced majority for the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and for the first time since independence a truly credible opposition, with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) holding 57 out of the 120 seats contested at the polls.
		The Australian Government calls on all parties in Zimbabwe to cooperate in the period ahead in a spirit of reconciliation to return Zimbabwe to harmony and peace, underpinned by respect for the rights of all and the rule of law.
	www.dfat.gov.au /media/releases/foreign/2000/fa069_2000.html (341 words)

	RaceandHistory.com - Zimbabwe Watch
		Since 'free and fair' elections so insistently demanded by imperialism have failed to deliver results to its liking, imperialism is busy hatching a variety of schemes for destabilising and removing the Zimbabwean regime.
		A prominent group of British and American politicians and businessmen - many with energy and mining interests in Zimbabwe - are behind an international organisation to fund opposition to the regime of Robert Mugabe.
		The scramble for Africa began in the mid-1870's with the purpose to colonize the "Dark Continent".
	www.raceandhistory.com /Zimbabwe (1149 words)

	IRAQ AND ZIMBABWE – A TALE OF TWO ELECTIONS
		Claims of democratic elections in Iraq were not just nonsense, they were self-evident nonsense, repeated by every major media entity in the land.
		Consider, by contrast, the response to recent elections in Zimbabwe, run by one of the West’s favourite bad guys – Robert Mugabe.
		It was no problem, then, that the elections, the media, the entire country, were being run by a superpower army that had illegally invaded the country.
	www.williambowles.info /media/2005/iraq_zim.html (1661 words)

	Institute for War and Peace Reporting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		IWPR’s Zimbabwe Election Reports programme provided in-depth reports and analysis on the run-up to the parliamentary ballot on March 31, 2005, at a time of heightened press censorship.
		Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, MDC, is aiming to build on the gains it made in the 2000 election, after which international observers accused the authorities of irregularities and voter intimidation.
		Employing a talented team of Zimbabwean journalists and high-profile international commentators, Zimbabwe Election Reports hopes to encourage dialogue on the election process both inside and outside the country.
	www.iwpr.net /index.pl?africa_zimba_elect_focus.html (331 words)

	ABC News: Mugabe Predicts Win in Zimbabwe Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HARARE, Zimbabwe Mar 30, 2005 — A defiant President Robert Mugabe predicted a "a huge, mountainous victory" for his party Wednesday on the eve of Zimbabwe parliamentary elections critics have portrayed as a referendum on his increasingly isolated and repressive regime.
		Mugabe, who has led the country in the 25 years since it gained independence from Great Britain, insisted he was working for the people and that his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front would win again.
		The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change won 57 seats in the last parliamentary election in 2000, despite what Western observers called widespread violence, intimidation and vote rigging.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=626193 (397 words)

	Zimbabweans in Canada - Zimbabwe: Elections, despondency and civil society’s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Knowing Mugabe would not ’lose,’ he advocated boycotting the election and using other means of struggle.
		But even if winning was impossible, perhaps this election fray allowed the MDC to at least unveil the most manipulative political regime in a region full of venal state elites.
		Leftist activists in the Anti-Privatisation Forum and Jubilee movement engaged in a joint fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe in February, although colleagues from the Landless People’s Movement disputed criticisms of Mugabe’s messy land redistribution.
	www.zimcanada.com /content/view/194/2/1/4 (490 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Zimbabwe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		NEW Zealand is giving refugees from Zimbabwe special permission to apply for permanent residence.
		A WHITE former opposition MP in Zimbabwe released yesterday after eight months in jail said he now...
		CRISPEN KULINJI, who was set be deported to Zimbabwe today, says his lawyers have won him a...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=155 (374 words)

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