Mutambara says Zimbabwe power-sharing deal close

Sun Aug 10, 2008 3:57am EDT
 
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HARARE (Reuters) - The leader of a breakaway faction of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change said on Sunday that power-sharing talks with the government were close to securing an agreement that could end a post-election crisis.

In a newspaper article, Arthur Mutambara wrote that the compromise solution had limitations but is the "best temporary measure to extricate the country from its worst situation".

(Reporting by Cris Chinaka; writing by Michael Georgy; editing by Tim Pearce)

 

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