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15 Feb 2009 11:23

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World: Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai: “We had to act”

  • People have no food, no schools. The country is on its knees. We had to act. We could not be seen to be authors of chaos.
  • Morgan Tsvangirai • The new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, on choosing to form a unified government with President Robert Mugabe. That unified government is already in crisis due to one of Tsvangirai’s close associates, Roy Bennett, getting arrested. • source

10 Jan 2009 12:35

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World: Zimbabwe continues on the road to hyperinflation

  • $50 billion The latest bill of currency released by the third-world African nation
  • Two loaves The amount of bread that can be purchased with the new note source