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Zimbabwe News: Mugabe's plans for early elections meet obstacles

South Africa and other neighboring countries could press Mugabe to make reforms.

EU lifts more Zimbabwe sanctions, but bans on Mugabe continue

The EU has lifted travel bans and asset freezes against 51 people.

Zimbabwe's President and leader of ZANU-PF Robert Mugabe calls for elections in 2012 at the party's annual conference in Bulawayo, on December 10, 2011. Mugabe said he has no intention of retiring, saying doing so would be an act of 'cowardice.'

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