Opposition leaders [in Zimbabwe] go into hiding as poll result is delayed

Zinbabwe's tinpot dictator seems to be denying the obvious...

Senior figures in Zimbabwe's opposition were in hiding last night as a tremendous power struggle played out in the wake of weekend elections in which President Robert Mugabe's government appeared to have been defeated.

Official results from the state-appointed electoral commission were issued yesterday, with almost theatrical slowness, as factions within the ruling party and the security apparatus scrambled for any alternative to conceding defeat.

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