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A Zimbabwe election official said Tuesday that results from the presidential and parliamentary elections should be announced this weekend, four weeks after votes were cast.

Election officials are working on a recount of the hotly contested March 29 race between President Robert Mugabe and opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai.

Officials are also recounting 23 of Zimbabwe's 210 voting districts but have not yet released any results of the vote, said George Chiweshe, chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.

The delay in releasing the presidential election results have raised fears that Mugabe, who has been in office for 28 years, is taking underhanded steps to cling to power.

"There is no problem," Chiweshe said. "It is a tedious process." Read full article »

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