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EU backs Britain

    JOHANNESBURG

    British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said the European Union backed London's demands for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe and was ready to provide poll monitors.

    In a House of Commons statement on Tuesday, Cook said he had tried to demonstrate that "Britain is not an enemy" of the people of Zimbabwe. But Mugabe "has tried to turn the election into a confrontation between Zimbabwe and Britain". He added: "Britain is leading the international demand that
    the government of Zimbabwe respect the rule of law and that the people of Zimbabwe must have the right through free and fair elections to decide for themselves who will govern Zimbabwe".

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