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Mugabe: UK wants 'to steal' Zimbabwe
Mugabe: UK wants 'to steal' Zimbabwe
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2008
By:
Jonathan Miller
"Down with the British...thieves who want to steal our country" - Mugabe launches this attack in his first speech since the elections.
In an address to mark the country's independence day, Mugabe accused the British government of paying people to turn against him. It was a deliberate echo of Gordon Brown's accusation this week - that Mugabe had "stolen" the election.
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