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sintax Donating Member (891 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 09:00 PM
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UN Report Damns Mugabe Slum Clearance Catastrophic
UN report damns Mugabe slum clearance catastrophic

Ewen MacAskill, diplomatic editor
Saturday July 23, 2005
The Guardian

A UN investigation yesterday denounced Robert Mugabe's slum clearance operation, which has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless, as a "catastrophe" that violated international law.

The UN's 98-page report concluded that 2.4 million people had been affected, of whom 700,000 had lost their homes or livelihoods or both, in a humanitarian crisis of "immense proportions".

It called for an immediate halt to any further demolitions and for Zimbabwe to allow unhindered access to the international and humanitarian community to provide assistance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,1534720,00.html
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54anickel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-22-05 09:20 PM
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1. Damn, so much for Mugabe's Nobel Prize!
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 01:31 AM
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2. looks like Dubya's taking some cues from Mugabe with the housing bubble
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demobrit Donating Member (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 04:50 AM
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3. Lack of interest
The west seem to have no interest in what is going on here and that is mirrored by the lack of replies to this thread.
No oil no interest.
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