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...with more immediate concerns distracting the international community, he can push back against the power sharing without suffering too much pressure from his neighbors. Zimbabwe's only president since independence in 1980, Mugabe has taken wildly different positions since the March elections, in which the MDC won control of parliament and Tsvangirai finished first in the presidential race, although without an absolute majority. At the time, Mugabe said Zimbabweans had made a "mistake," and his security forces unleashed a wave of repression that left close to 200 M.D.C. supporters dead. The violence prompted Tsvangirai to withdraw from a second round...
...security mission", as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki put it in an interview with The Times - i.e. to ensure that Iraq's territory is not being used as a staging ground for any U.S. action against Iran. The pact will have to be approved by Iraq's cabinet and parliament, where it could still encounter opposition. Iraqi government officials have also suggested that a new agreement could be negotiated in 2011 if conditions required...
...target still remains a 20% cut in carbon emissions, a 20% boost in renewable energy, and a 20% rise in energy efficiency. But the mood has turned, and officials have backed away from pushing for details on how to achieve the cuts. E.U. governments and the European Parliament still have to agree them by December and turn them into law before next June's European elections...
...Zimbabwe Power Struggle Continues On Oct. 14, Zimbabwe's Parliament held its first working session since the highly disputed election between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai early this year. But power-sharing negotiations have hit setbacks, as Tsvangirai threatened to back out of talks after Mugabe unilaterally appointed his loyalists to vice-presidential posts...
What she has said: On her previous governmental roles: "I was fortunate to oversee the transformation of the South Africa Revenue Service from parliament and it was a joke in those days. They didn't even have ribbons to print the tax returns...