Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe.
The draft resolution called for an arms embargo as well as financial and travel restrictions on President Robert Mugabe and 13 of his top officials. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband described Russia's veto as "incomprehensible", while the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, accused Russia of a "U-turn" since the G8 summit in Japan earlier this week, when Mbeki in Harare for crisis talks ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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