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Zimbabwe crisis talks continue
PRETORIA - Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition factions are continuing with negotiations to resolve the political crisis, South African president Thabo Mbeki said yesterday.
"Those negotiations among the Zimbabweans are continuing," Mr Mbeki said in a briefing in Pretoria. The South African leader is overseeing the talks between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Mr Mugabe's government and the opposition have been deadlocked since the Zimbabwean leader was re-elected on June 27th in a poll boycotted by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai because of violence against his supporters.
Mr Mbeki and other African leaders have pressed Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai to negotiate a national unity government, which is seen by the continent as the only way to avert further violence and reverse an economic slide.
More arrests may follow - Serb PM
SALZBURG - The arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic showed Belgrade's willingness to recognise its international obligations, and more arrests could follow, the Serbian prime minister said yesterday.
Karadzic, twice indicted by the UN court in The Hague for orchestrating genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnia war, was arrested last week after 11 years on the run.
Serbia's bid to join the European Union had been held up by its failure to comply with demands by The Hague court to hand over Karadzic and other war crimes suspects. - (Reuters)
Sudan army accused of attack
KHARTOUM - Former Darfur rebels yesterday accused Sudan's army of a second attack on their forces since President Omar Hassan al-Bashir called for a new initiative for peace.
Minni Arcua Minnawi's Sudan Liberation Movement said the army had attacked one of their police posts in north Darfur, killing four troops, before conducting search operations in nearby villages.
Sudan's army denied the report. - (Reuters)