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June 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe stripped of knighthood (AP)

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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe delivers a speech during his campaign rally in Banket, about 100 kilometers west of Harare, Tuesday, June, 24, 2008. Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was fleeing soldiers when he took refuge at the Dutch Embassy in Harare, an aide said Tuesday, offering some of the first details on the latest twist in this southern African's country's political crisis. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)AP - Queen Elizabeth II stripped Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe of his ceremonial knighthood on Wednesday — a highly unusual move meant to show Britain’s revulsion with the human rights abuses of his regime.


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