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<td align="left" class="feature_headline" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:22px;line-height:32px;color:#000001;font-weight:bold;">Zimbabwe Votes in First Elections Without Mugabe</td>
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<td align="left" class="body_text" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;color:#000001;"><p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><b>Top News:</b> Zimbabweans <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/fqhjjflylqjwdddbwbqfrwclpswffcybrbdysrnybgnd_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">went to the polls</a> on Monday in their first-ever election without ousted leader Robert Mugabe on the ballot. </p><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Mugabe was pushed out of office last year after almost four decades in power, during which time elections were frequently marked by vote rigging, violence, and intimidation.</p><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the 75-year-old former intelligence chief and deputy president, is facing off against opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, a 40-year-old pastor and lawyer. Mnangagwa vowed that the elections would be free and fair.</p><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">On Sunday, the 94-year-old Mugabe said in a surprise speech he <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/pfymmskvkfmbhhhybyfsdbrkgqbssrvydyhvqdlvyclq_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">would not</a> support Mnangagwa, who heads the Zanu-PF party that Mugabe led for decades. </p><br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: regular;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">“The elections today provide an opportunity to break with the past,” <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/zzssstqfqzskrrrbkbztdkgqcmkttgfbdbrfmdlfbwlp_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">said</a> Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former president of Liberia and head of an international election observer mission in Zimbabwe. “The lines and voter enthusiasm we are seeing this morning must be matched by an accurate count and their choice must be honored.”</p><br />
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<p> • Mali held <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/otfwwvnqnfwdtttkdkfvmdcnpzdvvcqkmktqzmlqkrlm_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">presidential elections</a> on Sunday following increased insecurity and violence. </p><br /><br />
<p> • South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, agreed to discuss <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ottwwvnqnfwdtttkdkfvmdcnpzdvvcqkmktqzmlqkrlq_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">cooperation</a> with Russia on nuclear power following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Thousands of people <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/yqqkkztvtmknsssfnfmzcnptwlnzzpvfcfsvlcgvfbbm_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">rallied</a> to mourn the death of a top engineer for a controversial dam project in Ethiopia. </p><br /><br />
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<p> • Thousands of Nicaraguans <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ivbmmfqcqgmwyyybwbgfzwtqrhwfftcbzbychzdcbnny_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">protested</a> against the government after it accused the Catholic church of inciting protests.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Venezuelan opposition lawmaker José Manuel Olivares <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/zpssstqfqzskrrrbkbztdkgqcmkttgfbdbrfmdlfbwwm_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">fled</a> the country following threats from secret police. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Some 38,000 people have been <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/pjlmmskvkfmbhhhybyfsdbrkgqbssrvydyhvqdlvyccj_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">evacuated</a> from Shasta County, California as the state battles deadly wildfires.</p><br /><br />
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<p> • The ruling party in Cambodia <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/xhjrrmqcqgrtdddptpgmstnqyvtmmncpspdcvsbcpjjp_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">claimed</a> victory in an election that was widely considered illegitimate by the international community.</p><br /><br />
<p> • China plans to <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/cpqccnzmzhcftttgfghnqfkzsdfnnkmgqgtmdqlmgjjc_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">shutter</a> 1,000 manufacturing companies by 2020 to curb pollution.</p><br /><br />
<p> • An earthquake <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ggmrrhpmpwrdccckdkwhndjpfydhhjmknkcmyntmkllt_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">hit</a> Indonesia’s Lombok island, killing 14 people and injuring over 160. </p><br /><br />
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<p> • A bodyguard for French President Emmanuel Macron who was fired for beating protesters <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/mtwnnkvpvwnlccctltwkslzvjqlkkzptstcpqsdptbbb_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">said</a> the incident was due to a moment of impulsive anger. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Dragoslav Ognjanovic, a former lawyer for the late Serbian leader and war criminal Slobodan Milosevic, was <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/qvmggbrdrngtmmmvtvnbhtjrcwtbbjdvhvmdwhfdvpph_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">shot</a> and killed in Belgrade. </p><br /><br />
<p> • The death toll from wildfires in Greece has <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/mtqnnkvpvwnlccctltwkslzvjqlkkzptstcpqsdptbbp_eyqryttrdfrbysqbszdq.html">reached</a> 91, with 25 people still missing. </p><br /><br />
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