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americablog.com - 11/22/2008
Jimmy Carter refused entry into Zimbabwe
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They sure don't make them like Jimmy Carter anymore. He's 84 and still traveling the world for humanitarian missions . Can you imagine someone like Bush lifting a finger to help anyone below a CEO or oil dictator after he leaves the White House? I give credit to Kofi Annan as well who never ...
google.com - 11/22/2008
The Associated Press: Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe
— google.com — 12 hours ago JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he and others have... been refused entry to Zimbabwe for a humanitarian mission. Carter says he and other members of The Elders group were informed Friday night by ... (more) The Associated Press: Carter, Annan, others refused ...

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news.yahoo.com - 11/22/2008
Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Zimbabwe has refused to let Kofi Annan and two eminent colleagues visit the impoverished... African country for a humanitarian mission, the three said Saturday. The former U.N. secretary-general, ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter ... (more) Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe - Yahoo! ...

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Zimbabwe on brink of collapse as outbreak of cholera spreads | World news | The Guardian
guardian.co.uk - 11/25/2008
Zimbabwe on brink of collapse as outbreak of cholera spreads | World news | The ...
— guardian.co.uk — A man infected by cholera, which has killed around 300 people in Zimbabwe, is transported to a... Harare clinic A man infected by cholera, which has killed around 300 people in Zimbabwe, is transported to a Harare clinic. Photograph: AP (more) Zimbabwe on brink of collapse as outbreak of cholera ...

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One area Obama might have some clout
Rising Hegemon — Is with the ever more intractable problem of Zimbabwe and how South Africa's government seems to look the other way on Mugabe (ironically much like White South Africa & White Rhodesia used to do the same). ...

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