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Mon 07 Jul 2008Zimbabwe parties fail to agree framework for talks
ZIMBABWE:President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition failed last week to agree a framework for talks to end Zimbabwe's crisis, the opposition said yesterday, but state media said negotiations would continue, writes Bill Corcoranin Johannesburg.
The first preliminary talks between the two sides since a disputed election were adjourned on Friday without agreement, a spokesman for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said. The two sides had been meeting in Pretoria to lay the groundwork for fully fledged talks.
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