Zimbabwe party 'was offered deal'

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Zimbabwe's opposition leader says his party came close to an agreement with the ruling Zanu-PF to remove President Robert Mugabe from power.

Morgan Tsvangirai said his MDC party was approached by presidential envoys about a possible unity government the day after the disputed election.

The talks broke down after a few days, Mr Tsvangirai told the BBC.

On Friday President Mugabe is expected to make his first major speech since last month's elections.

Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7353718.stm

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1. Why is he still referred to as "president" Mugabe?

Oh, I know. For the same reason Bush is still referred to as president, even though neither of them has earned a legitimate mandate to stay in power (or in Bush's case, to ever have been in power in the first place).

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