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South African President and chief regional negotiator Thabo Mbeki speaks as he attends a round-table meeting with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) and Arthur Mutambara, head of the dissident MDC faction, in Harare, on July 05, 2008. Mbeki had a brief discussion with Mugabe, whose re-election last month has been rejected by the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

South African President Thabo Mbeki, chief regional negotiator (C) Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) and Arthur Mutambara (R), head of the dissident MDC faction in Harare, hold talks on July 5, 2008. Mbeki had a brief discussion with Mugabe, whose re-election last month has been rejected by the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

South African President Thabo Mbeki, chief regional negotiator (C) Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (L) and Arthur Mutambara (R), head of the dissident MDC faction in Harare, hold talks on July 5, 2008. Mbeki had a brief discussion with Mugabe, whose re-election last month has been rejected by the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (R) greets Arthur Mutambara (L) head of the dissident MDC faction as MDC 's secretary general deputy Priscilla Misihairibwi-Mushonga and secretary general Welshman Ncube (R/background) look on, before convening for a round table meeting with South African President, chief negotiator Thabo Mbeki (out of camera range) in Harare, on July 05, 2008. Mbeki had a brief discussion with Mugabe, whose re-election last month has been rejected by the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) talks to Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director General Happyton Bonyongwe (L) and Army Commander General Constantine Chiwenga (C) on his arrival at Harare International airport, July 4, 2008. Mugabe, defiant despite heavy foreign condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) and his wife Grace greet supporters of his ruling ZANU (PF) party upon arriving at Harare International airport, July 4, 2008. Mugabe, defiant despite heavy foreign condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) and his wife Grace salute supporters of his ruling ZANU (PF) party upon arriving at Harare International airport, July 4, 2008. Mugabe, defiant despite heavy foreign condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (C) is greeted by supporters at Harare Airport, on July 04, 2008. Robert Mugabe said he is only open to negotiations on an end to Zimbabwe's political crisis if he is accepted as the country's president. On July 03, the United States pushed for a UN travel ban and an assets freeze on Mugabe and 13 of his cronies in protest at the presidential runoff vote.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (C) greets supporters upon his arrival at Harare Airport on July 3, 2008. Speaking to thousands of supporters after flying home from an African Union summit, Mugabe said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should not "delude" himself into thinking the result of the June 27 poll could be expunged from the record books and should renounce his claims to the presidency.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (C) holds roses as he arrives at Harare Airport on July 4, 2008. Speaking to thousands of supporters after flying home from an African Union summit, Mugabe said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should not "delude" himself into thinking the result of the June 27 poll could be expunged from the record books and should renounce his claims to the presidency.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) and his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki walk out of a meeting room during the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh July 1, 2008. African Union leaders debated a resolution on Tuesday that would call for a government of national unity in Zimbabwe following an election crisis, senior delegates at a summit in Egypt said.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (R) talks to a delegate before a session at the African Union summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh June 30, 2008. African leaders on Monday pushed Mugabe to open talks with the opposition after he was re-elected unopposed in an election condemned as violent and unfair by the continent's own monitors.

An unidentified man (R) films the arrival of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) at the afternoon session of the 11th African Union Summit after a lunch break in the Sinai resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on June 30, 2008. African Union observers condemned Zimbabwe's one-man election as undemocratic today, intensifying pressure on Mugabe as he faces his peers after a vote much of the world has dismissed as a farce. The two-day meeting of the 53-nation bloc in the Red Sea resort opened the day after the AU's top conflict prevention body, the Peace and Security Council, failed to rule on Zimbabwe and referred the thorny issue to the summit itself.

Security officers escort Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (C) away from journalists during the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, June 30, 2008. A group of international elder statesmen, including Nobel Peace Prize winners, urged the African Union on Monday to reject Zimbabwe's presidential vote and called for a transitional government and a new election.