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Zimbabwean MDC breakway faction leader Arthur Mutambara(L) MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai(C) and Secretary general Tendai Biti(R) attend on August 17, 2008 the second and final day of the 28th SADC summit at the Sandton Convention centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Southern African countries launched a regional trade zone at a summit on Sunday that aims to eliminate import tariffs, with plans for a common currency by 2018.
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai (C) jokes with journalists at the opening of the summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Johannesburg, August 16, 2008. Southern African leaders began the two-day regional summit on Saturday at which Zimbabwe's political rivals were expected to resume power-sharing talks to try to end the country's political crisis.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, center, arrives at the opening ceremony of the 28th summit of SADC heads of state and government in Sandton, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai met with key southern African leaders in Johannesburg on the eve of the summit. Aide George Sibotshiwe said Tsvangirai was briefing them on talks aimed at forming a transitional unity government being mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki, who takes over SADC's rotating chair at the summit.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, center, arrives at the opening ceremony of the 28th summit of SADC heads of state and government in Sandton, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008. Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai met with key southern African leaders in Johannesburg on the eve of the summit. Aide George Sibotshiwe said Tsvangirai was briefing them on talks aimed at forming a transitional unity government being mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki, who takes over SADC's rotating chair at the summit.
Zimbabwean MDC Morgan Tsvangirai (L) attends the 28th Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) summit on August 16, 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. South African President Thabo Mbeki said on August 16 a deal to end Zimbabwe's crisis could be reached this weekend during a regional summit with the country's political rivals in attendance.
Zimbabwean MDC Morgan Tsvangirai (C) attends the 28th Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) summit on August 16, 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. South African President Thabo Mbeki said on August 16 a deal to end Zimbabwe's crisis could be reached this weekend during a regional summit with the country's political rivals in attendance.
Zimbabwean MDC Morgan Tsvangirai (C) arrives at the 28th Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) summit on August 16, 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. South African President Thabo Mbeki said on August 16 a deal to end Zimbabwe's crisis could be reached this weekend during a regional summit with the country's political rivals in attendance.
Zimbabwean MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai (C) attends the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on August 16, 2008 in Johannesburg. The summit of southern African leaders opened with Zimbabwe's political rivals in attendance as negotiators aimed to reach a deal to end the country's political crisis. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe entered the summit with the heads of other southern African nations, while his arch-rival, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, took a seat in the front row of invited guests. Other men in the photo are unidentified.
Zimbabwe MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and Zimbabwean MDC Secretary general Tendai Biti attend on August 16, 2008 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Johannesburg. The summit of southern African leaders opened with Zimbabwe's political rivals in attendance as negotiators aimed to reach a deal to end the country's political crisis. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe entered the summit with the heads of other southern African nations, while his arch-rival, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, took a seat in the front row of invited guests.
Zimbabwe MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and Zimbabwean MDC Secretary general Tendai Biti attend on August 16, 2008 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Johannesburg. The summit of southern African leaders opened with Zimbabwe's political rivals in attendance as negotiators aimed to reach a deal to end the country's political crisis. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe entered the summit with the heads of other southern African nations, while his arch-rival, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, took a seat in the front row of invited guests.
South African President Thabo Mbeki comes out on August 13, 2008 of Rainbow Towers hotel in Harare where he was facilitating talks between Zanu PF and the two MDC formations. Talks adjourned after Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe reached a deal with Arthur Mutambara, the leader of a smaller Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) grouping, that would lead to the formation of a government. Main MDC opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai left the negotiations early on Tuesday amid suggestions that he was being cut out of a deal to end the country's political crisis.
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, (L) speaks in Harare, in this April 5, 2008 file photo. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe addresses supporters in Harare in this August 11, 2008 file photo. Zimbabwe's opposition MDC faction leader Arthur Mutambara (R) speaks in Bulawayo in this February 25, 2006 file photo. Mugabe and Mutambara signed a power-sharing deal on Tuesday, a ruling party official said, effectively sidelining Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwean MDC opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (C) leaves the Rainbow towers hotel in Harare on August 11, 2008 after negotition talks on the Government of National unity. Zimbabwe's political rivals held marathon power-sharing talks before breaking in the early hours with President Robert Mugabe saying he was "confident" a deal was within reach. Talks will resume later today. South African President Thabo Mbeki mediated the talks at a Harare hotel that stretched a full day amid signs the rivals had closed in on an agreement to end the country's protracted political crisis.
Zimbabwean MDC opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (C) leaves the Rainbow towers hotel in Harare on August 11, 2008 after helding negotiation talks on Government of National Unity. Zimbabwe political parties are currently engaged in talks to find a solution to the political and economic crisis that has rocked the country.
Zimbabwean opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrives for talks with President Robert Mugabe in Harare, August 10, 2008. South African President Thabo Mbeki, mediating in Zimbabwe's crisis, began meetings with President Robert Mugabe and the country's opposition leaders on Sunday amid signs a power-sharing deal is close. Talks began last month in the aftermath of Mugabe's re-election unopposed in June in a poll condemned around the world and boycotted by Tsvangirai because of attacks on his supporters.
Zimbabwean main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrives for talks in Harare Sunday Aug. 10, 2008. Trying to bridge the huge divide in Zimbabwe's troubled politics, South African President Thabo Mbeki held separate talks Sunday with Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and its main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, right, speaks with Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, left, during a press conference in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, July 31, 2008. The Movement for Democratic Change head met Thursday with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, as South Africa-led negotiations over a power sharing agreement with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe continued.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (R) shakes hands with Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheick Tidiane Gadio (L) after meeting Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on July 31, 2008 in Dakar. Morgan Tsvangirai said that a two-week deadline set for power-sharing talks between President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF and Tsvangirai's MDC is flexible. "Two weeks may appear as too short, but it's not inflexible ... I'm sure that the facilitators will adjust as the progress moves forward," Tsvangirai said after a meeting with Senegalese president Abdoullaye Wade in Dakar.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (R) and Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheick Tidiane Gadio leave the presidential palace after meeting Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on July 31, 2008 in Dakar. Morgan Tsvangirai said that a two-week deadline set for power-sharing talks between President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF and Tsvangirai's MDC is flexible. "Two weeks may appear as too short, but it's not inflexible ... I'm sure that the facilitators will adjust as the progress moves forward," Tsvangirai said after a meeting with Senegalese president Abdoullaye Wade in Dakar.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (R) answers journalists' questions after meeting Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on July 31, 2008 in Dakar. Morgan Tsvangirai said that a two-week deadline set for power-sharing talks between President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF and Tsvangirai's MDC is flexible. "Two weeks may appear as too short, but it's not inflexible ... I'm sure that the facilitators will adjust as the progress moves forward," Tsvangirai said after a meeting with Senegalese president Abdoullaye Wade in Dakar.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) shakes hands with Morgan Tsvangirai (R), leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), in Harare July 21, 2008. Mugabe and Tsvangirai on Monday signed a deal laying down the framework for formal talks on forming a power sharing government to end a deep political crisis.