Mugabe and MDC leader Tsvangirai arrive for talks

Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:10am EDT
 
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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived at a Harare hotel on Monday to restart power-sharing talks which may end the country's political crisis.

The Zimbabwean political rivals broke off marathon talks in the early hours of Monday morning and Mugabe said only "little hurdles" remained to an agreement in the negotiations mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki.

 
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