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From: TimF	6/27/2008 12:10:31 PM
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Voters snub 'sham' Zimbabwe poll Voting has been slow in Zimbabwe's run-off presidential poll in which Robert Mugabe is the sole candidate. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from the contest because of violence against his supporters. He said that millions were refusing to vote despite government efforts to force them to take part. He also urged the world not to recognise the result. The European Union called the run-off a "sham" and the US and Germany say the UN will consider sanctions. Marwick Khumalo, head of the Pan-African parliamentary observer mission, told the BBC that turnout was very low and that the mood was sombre. "We saw one long queue, which we mistook for a polling station, only to find the people were queuing for bread," he said, adding that the ingredients for a free and fair election were missing. Foreign ministers for the Group of Eight nations (G8) meeting in Japan have said they could not accept the legitimacy of a government "that does not reflect the will of the Zimbabwean people". US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said they would consult other members of the UN Security Council to see what "next steps" might need to be taken... news.bbc.co.uk

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