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Rattled Mugabe could be losing his grip on power
Last updated at 03:37am on 31.03.08

Robert Mugabe's grip on power in Zimbabwe looks to be loosening.

Opposition leaders claimed to have ended his 28 years of brutal and economically-disastrous rule with a sweeping election victory.

But there were fears that the 84-year-old dictator may be planning to defy the result of Saturday's poll and launch another crackdown.

His spokesman warned that "premature" victory claims by the opposition would be seen as an attempted coup, adding ominously: "We all know how coups are handled."

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