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...ruins, millions of its people living as refugees abroad, and its security forces torturing and killing dissenters against President Robert Mugabe's regime, the country's opposition understandably has a few things to get off its chest. On Aug. 26, it had a rare chance. As Mugabe, 84, entered parliament to open the new legislative session, opposition members - who now form a majority and reject Mugabe's authority to call them together - broke out in whistles, shouts and song. MPs refused to stand, and a chorus of "ZANU yaora," or "ZANU is rotten," rang out around the chamber. (ZANU...
...Anwar can't afford to get too comfortable in his post-win glow. He still has plenty of political hurdles to clear after he is sworn into parliament this week - chiefly, his upcoming trial, which opens on Sept. 10 in Kuala Lumpur. The government told parliament earlier this month that prosecutors have a strong case and promised a fair trial. Anwar has countered, saying with corruption and collusion at historical highs, a fair trial will be impossible and has requested the government drop the Attorney General's case. As Welsh warns: "The political heat [will] cool off during Ramadan next...
...basis, Zimbabwe's opposition could be forgiven for having a few things to get off their chests. On Tuesday, they did. For the first time in living memory, 84-year-old Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 28 years, was heckled and drowned out in parliament. As Mugabe tried to deliver a keynote speech opening a new session of parliament, opposition members - who now form a majority in the assembly and reject Mugabe's authority to call them together - broke out in whistles, shouts and even song. From the opposition benches, where the MPs refused...
...Africa - something that appeared to have persuaded him to open power-sharing talks with the M.D.C. Now a month old, those talks have stalled and, perhaps in an attempt to continue his one-man rule, Mugabe announced last week that he would appoint ministers and regional governors and convene parliament. If that was his intent, it backfired. On Monday, M.D.C. MPs elected one of their own as speaker of the house. Tuesday's scenes were perhaps even more humiliating for the octogenarian president...
...began badly for Mugabe when, displaying scant regard for the poverty of his people, he arrived at parliament in a Rolls Royce, his chief adjutants trailing in Mercedes. "No wonder why these people don't want to relinquish power," an onlooker shouted at massed police lines guarding the building. "Who would want to leave such high life? The cost of these cars alone would pull Zimbabwe out of its mess...