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The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, right, is met by Ethiopians officials on his arrival at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union which opens on Sunday in Addis Ababa.

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, center, departs from his party's headquarters in Harare, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Mugabe was attending a meeting with his party aimed at strengthening ZANU-PF.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace arrive for the burial of national heroine Sunny Takawira at National Heroes Acre in Harare January 18, 2010.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe addresses mourners at the burial of national heroine Sunny Takawira at National Heroes Acre in Harare January 18, 2010.

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends the burial Monday Jan. 18 2010 of a former member of the Zimbabwean senate, Sunny Ntombiyelanga Takawira, who died after a short illness. South African President Jacob Zuma has called on Zimbabwe's Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai to be more flexible...

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (C), Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and Finance Minister Tendai Biti address the media at Zimbabwe House in the capital Harare, December 23, 2009. Swiss food company Nestle has suspended operations in Zimbabwe, complaining of harassment after it pulled...

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President Robert Mugabe addresses a press conference at Zimbabwe House in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. Mugabe said that progress had been made in clearing the outstanding issues in the Global Political agreement, and hoped the economy would get better ahead of the New Year.

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President Robert Mugabe, centre, shares a light moment with Morgan Tsvangirai, left, Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and his Deputy, Arthur Mutambara after giving their end of year message to the nation, at Zimbabwe House in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. The three leaders said they had made...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe holds the FIFA soccer World Cup trophy at Harare International Airport November 26, 2009. The trophy is on an 86 country 225 day world tour before it arrives in the host country South Africa for the 2010 tournament.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Security Summit in Rome November 16, 2009. Government leaders and officials meet in Rome on Monday for a three-day U.N. summit on how to fight global hunger, but anti-poverty campaigners are already...

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the opening session of the fourth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 8, 2009. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as the...

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, right and Congolese President Joseph Kabila, seen, after their meeting at State House, in Harare, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. A spokesman for Zimbabwe's prime minister says the country's neighbors will hold a summit this week to try to break an impasse that threatens...

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President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech at the burial of a prominent member of his party Misheck Chando in Harare, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. Mugabe took a swipe at the Zimbabwean Prime Minster, Morgan Tsvangirai, for disengaging from government, accusing him of being dishonest and never...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives at Entebbe international airport, 42km (25 miles) south of Uganda's capital Kampala, October 21, 2009. Mugabe is attending the African Union summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa to be celebrated in Kampala.

A security officer holds his gun as Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives for the opening of the 7th parliament session in the capital Harare, October 6, 2009. Mugabe said on Tuesday Zimbabwe wanted friendly relations with Western countries who have been critical of it in the past.

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President Robert Mugabe, centre, arrives for the official opening of the second session of the seventh parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Hundreds of people thronged the Parliament building to witness one of the biggest days on the Parliament calendar in Zimbabwe.

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President Robert Mugabe inspects the guard of honour during the official opening of the second session of the seventh parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. Hundreds of people thronged the Parliament building to witness one of the biggest days on the Parliament calendar...

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 27, 2009. The summit with key energy accords on the table follows a first meeting in 2006 in Nigeria, and is being attended by 30 heads...

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (C) arrives at a hotel in Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela, September 25, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA), to be held in Margarita, is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic...

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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaks during the United Nations General Assembly September 25, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York.

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses the UN General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 25, 2009.

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City. The United Nations General Assembly is meeting for their 64th session featuring leaders from over 120 countries.

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends a summit meeting of African Union (AU) member states in Tripoli on August 31, 2009. African leaders gathered in Libya for a special summit, their third this year, to discuss the continent's trouble spots, on the eve of celebrations to mark 40 years...

World leaders (from top row L clockwise) U.S. President Barack Obama, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy,German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Japan's...

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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 16: President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is silhouetted against a backdrop as he leaves stage after speaking to delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. As politicians, world leaders and environmentalists meet...