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Bush Demands Action Against Zimbabwe

Posted Jun 28, 08 1:00 PM CDT in Politics,  World 

(Newser) – Washington is seeking ways to punish Robert Mugabe for his violent "sham" of an election, President Bush said today. Bush has ordered Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to work up sanctions against Zimbabwe, which ran a runoff ballot yesterday with Mugabe the sole candidate. Rice vowed to "press for strong action by the United Nations" against the African nation.

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, left, meets with unidentified Zimbabwean electoral officials in Harare, Saturday, June 28, 2008, a day after the country went to the polls in a runoff election.   (AP Photo)
President Bush addresses the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives' National Conference, Thursday, June 26, 2008, at a hotel in Washington.   (AP Photo)
Results of the elections are pasted outside a polling station in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, June 28, 2008, a day after a presidential runoff was held in the country.   (AP Photo)
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