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Tue 07 Jul 2008Zimbabwe crisis talks start in South Africa
Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition MDC began negotiations today in neighbouring South Africa on a power-sharing deal that could end the country's political crisis, diplomatic sources said.
President Robert Mugabe and Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed a deal on Monday that committed the ruling ZANU-PF and two factions of the MDC to two weeks of negotiations with South African mediators.
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