FACTBOX: Developments in Zimbabwe

(Reuters) - Following are latest developments in Zimbabwe at 5:45 a.m. EDT.

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* Initial signs of slow voting in Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential election after President Robert Mugabe defied world condemnation and calls to postpone the vote.

* Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) urged people to abstain but said they should vote if their lives were in danger.

* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States will consult with other members of the U.N. Security Council on the next steps to be taken after the run-off.

* Police set up several roadblocks around the capital Harare and all leave for officers has been cancelled.

* Italy said it wants European Union foreign ministers to discuss recalling European ambassadors from Zimbabwe.

* The Group of Eight nations said that Zimbabwe's first round of presidential elections must be respected, and they could not accept the legitimacy of a government not reflecting the will of the people.

* African Union foreign ministers discussing Zimbabwe ahead of summit at the weekend.