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Recount Ordered in Zimbabwe

Posted Apr 13, 08 1:28 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Zimbabwe's opposition leaders are crying foul today over a planned recount of last month's election results, Reuters reports. "They had custody of the ballot boxes for two weeks and they must have stuffed them with their votes," an opposition spokesman told BBC. Zimbabwe's election officials ordered the recounts today in 23 constituencies for all levels of government.

African leaders in Lusaka have urged Zimbabwe to release the results and hold a presidential run-off "in a secure environment." But opposition leaders oppose a run-off as well. Since the election, Zimbabwe's economy has crumbled and military forces are on alert, sparking fears of a de facto coup. But an official defended the move: "I believe everyone in the country is aware that there is no military junta," he said.

Sources Reuters, BBC

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Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa walks outside the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, April 12, 2008, during the emergency summit.   (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Zimbabweans listen to President Robert Mugabe speaking on national television in Harare, Saturday, April, 12, 2008.   (AP Photo)
Zimbabwe's opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary-General Tendai Biti, talks during a media conference at the end of the emergency summit of the Southern African leaders.   (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Zimbabwe's opposition party Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Secretary-General Tendai Biti, left, look on during the emergency summit of Southern African leaders.   (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Burnt huts burnt by Zanu-PF militia are seen at Mount Panis Farm in Centenary, 220 kilometres north of Harare , Friday, April 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
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