Four US diplomats held in Zimbabwe
Posted: Monday, March 11, 2002

Two of the diplomats were 'accredited' as election observers. There was no immediate explanation for their arrests. The US government has threatened to join the European Union in imposing sanctions against the governing elite if the election result is blatantly rigged. Polling was extended by court order into a third day today but polling stations opened five hours late, heightening claims that Robert Mugabe's regime is stymieing opposition voters. MORE 

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