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Opposition leader Tsvangirai arrives in Zimbabwe

HARARE
Sat May 24, 2008 7:54am EDT

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned home on Saturday for an election runoff with President Robert Mugabe despite his fears that he might be assassinated by government agents.

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Tsvangirai arrived at Harare airport aboard a regular South African Airways flight around 1030 GMT after cancelling his homecoming a week ago over the assassination plot, which the government dismissed as a propaganda stunt.

Tsvangirai has been traveling abroad since April 8 on a diplomatic drive to pressure Mugabe to surrender power following a March 29 presidential poll, which he says he won outright. But Zimbabwe's electoral commission says he did not get enough votes for a straight victory and must face Mugabe in a June 27 runoff.

(Reporting by Cris Chinaka)
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