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Mugabe tries to end EU sanctions

Shackled by a decade of sanctions, Zimbabwe's strongman prepares a petition with 2.5 million signatures, urging leniency from Europe.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 88, at Harare airport on his return to Zimbabwe on April 12, 2012. Mugabe's healthy appearance quashed rumors that he was deathly ill.

Jekesai Njikizana

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