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From: sea_urchin	3/18/2007 8:42:34 PM
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Australia draws plans for Zim evacuation. iol.co.za >>Sydney - Australia said on Thursday it was drawing up plans for a possible evacuation of its citizens from Zimbabwe after the regime's violent crackdown on opposition politicians. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said the government was concerned for the safety of about 700 Australians living in the Southern African nation, where the situation was "going from awful to catastrophic." "We're reviewing our contingency plans in relation to any evacuations of Australians," he told national radio. "We are very focused on this crisis from that perspective." Downer urged neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa, to do more to halt the violence and intimidation by President Robert Mugabe's regime. 'Going from awful to catastrophic' "They are the countries that can have influence on Zimbabwe and we will continue to lobby them to be more decisive in the action they're taking to persuade the Zimbabweans to deal with their problems," he said. South Africa's policy of quiet diplomacy had not succeeded, he said. "The situation in Zimbabwe is going from awful to catastrophic and I have to say there really has to be a much bigger effort from neighbouring countries." He called for a United Nations resolution against Zimbabwe's government and for more countries to impose targeted sanctions against the leaders of the African nation. Downer ruled out economic sanctions, saying they would "just condemn people to death" in a country with 80 percent unemployment and inflation at more than 1 700 percent. Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and several of his supporters were badly beaten by police after being arrested on Sunday, triggering widespread international condemnation. But the government has vowed that opponents aiming to oust the 83-year-old Mugabe, who has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980, would "pay a very heavy price."<<

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