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China Ships Arms to Mugabe

Union refusing to unload dangerous cargo destined for tense Zimbabwe

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 18, 2008 4:29 AM CDT

(Newser) – As tensions rise in Zimbabwe, a Chinese ship has arrived in a South African port with arms bound for Harare. The ship put to sea with AK-47 rifles, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and millions of rounds of ammunition, apparently to fortify President Robert Mugabe, who's not...   Read full story »

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