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CRUEL MUGABE 'USING HUNGER AS A WEAPON' Disgust at Zimbabwe aid agency ban.(News)

Article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Article date: June 7, 2008

Byline: By Gavin Cordon

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe was yesterday accused of using hunger as a "political weapon" after he banned aid agencies from carrying out field work in Zimbabwe.

The UK's International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, said Mugabe had shown a "callous contempt for human life".

The move sparked fresh fears of an orchestrated ...

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