Sydney - Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics because he was told by China's Communist Party to stay away, the Sydney Morning Herald daily reported on Tuesday.
Citing sources, the paper said that "high-powered lobbying from political leaders who will be attending the ceremony prompted the highest levels of the Chinese Government to convince him not to attend."
London, Aug. 2 : Zimbabwe''s President Robert Mugabe has presented senior judges of the high court and labour court with new 32-inch plasma television sets, satellite dishes and Mercedes-Benz cars as reward for their support during the recent controversial elections.
According to The Herald newspaper, a government mouthpiece, revealed that the chief justice and judge president have received 42-inch screens.
The Telegraph said that a total of 16 new Mercedes-Benz E280 cars were also handed out, as well as generators as relief from frequent power cuts.
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was canvassing for support for his bid to lead the country Thursday as the European Union sounded the alarm over ongoing political violence in the southern African country.
Tsvangirai was in the West African state of Senegal to meet with President Abdoulaye Wade, who has advocated in recent months for expanded African mediation in Zimbabwe.
Harare - South African President Thabo Mbeki was due to meet Wednesday with his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe and the leader of a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change after meeting Tuesday with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a bid to restart stalled talks.
Mbeki's spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga confirmed that Mbeki would be travelling later to Harare to meet with Mugabe and MDC faction leader, Arthur Mutambara.
Asked why he would not be meeting with Tsvangirai, Ratshitanga told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa: "He met yesterday with Morgan Tsvangirai and his negotiators in Pretoria."
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in South Africa Tuesday for talks with negotiators from his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on the suspension of talks with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF.
Tsvangirai's spokesman George Sibotshiwe confirmed that the MDC leader was in South Africa, where multi-party talks on the formation of a unity government have been taking place under South African mediation.
London, July 29: Talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change are facing collapse.
Representatives of Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party disclosed that they were mandated only to offer the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai a vice-presidency, with no executive power.
The offer came despite Tsvangirai decisively beating Mugabe in the first round of the presidential poll in March, and Zanu-PF losing its parliamentary majority.
- Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics because he was told by China's Communist Party to stay away, the Sydney Morning Herald daily reported on Tuesday. 
Zimbabwe''s President Robert Mugabe has presented senior judges of the high court and labour court with new 32-inch plasma television sets, satellite dishes and Mercedes-Benz cars as reward for their support during the recent controversial elections.
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was canvassing for support for his bid to lead the country Thursday as the European Union sounded the alarm over ongoing political violence in the southern African country.
- Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in South Africa Tuesday for talks with negotiators from his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on the suspension of talks with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF. 
