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Court delays nomination date

    JOHANNESBURG

    A Zimbabwean High court on Thursday ordered that the nomination date for constituency candidates for the parliamentary elections be moved from 29 May to 3 June.

    Media reports said the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had launched an urgent application to the court arguing that the nomination date made it nearly impossible for opposition parties to field a full team of candidates for the 120 constituencies to be contested.

    Judge Godfrey Chidyausiku ruled that both the MDC and Attorney-general Patrick Chinamasa had consented to the nomination date being moved. President Robert Mugabe has set the date for parliamentary elections for 24 and 25 June.

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