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Zimbabweans have approved a new constitution that curbs the powers of the president and puts the turbulent southern African country a step closer to holding full elections in the next few months, the election commission said on Tuesday.

For the last four years, inmates housed in Zimbabwe's overcrowded prisons in have been served a vegetarian diet, but a new government proposal aims to put meat back on the menu; Pachyderm meat, to be exact.

Robert Mugabe threatens to seize all Western-owned investments in Zimbabwe unless their governments remove sanctions imposed on him and his senior party members.

Zimbabwe's opposition MDC said it would boycott the country's power-sharing government until sticking points have been resolved and a political deal is reached, sparking the biggest crisis since the administration was formed nine months ago.

President Robert Mugabe accuses the West of trying to divide Zimbabwe's power-sharing government.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged South Africa on Friday to press for political and economic reforms in neighboring Zimbabwe.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe said on Monday that a car crash that killed his wife on Friday was an accident, news reports said.

Zimbabwe's new prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been involved in a car accident, his party said Friday.

Robert Mugabe marked his 85th birthday yesterday with a sumptuous banquet in Harare at the start of a week of parties which observers say is a further sign of the Zimbabwean president's defiance in the face of growing criticism of his regime.