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US President blasts Mugabe

The Standard "UNITED States President George W Bush on Thursday rebuked President Robert Mugabe as 'a discredited dictator' and wished 'the nightmare' caused by his leadership could be over.
Speaking on his African policy ahead of his trip to five African nations, Bush said Zimbabweans deserved to have a better leader than Mugabe.
'In Zimbabwe, a discredited dictator presides over food shortages, staggering inflation, and harsh repression,' he said.
'The decent and talented people of that country deserve much better.'
Bush said America would continue to support freedom in Zimbabwe."

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