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Article 1 Summary:
This article is mainly talking about each opposing political party. President Mugabe's opponents who are in the M.D.C. have joined the government to create a power- sharing agreement. As a result of their actions, many of the M.D.C's Parliament has been arrested, and even some of Mugabe's political party are beginning to turn on him. President Mugabe's health, according to the article, seems to be wearing out and members of the M.D.C. want him to step out of office.

Article 2 Summary:
This article is about Air Zimbabwe, an airport in Zimbabwe, can fly thier planes once again. They couldn't before because Boeing claimed that the airplanes were too old and probably had various problems with them. They also shut it down because they were getting too expensive to run. After making a few changes to the planes, Air Zimbabwe can now fly again.

Article 4 Summary:
In this article, President Mugabe is talking about how he thinks that the elections should not be delayed any longer, and that they should have the Global Political Agreement (GPA) elections before the end of this year. The elections were delayed because the MDC kept rejecting the Kariba Draft, which is a draft of thier Constitution. The majority of the article is an interview with the President and his thoughts on the poll delays.

Article 7 Summary:
In this article, it states that Zimbabwe will begin a program of action as a result of over 2 million people signing a petition. The petition was against sanctions in Zimbabwe. The President started the anti-sanction petition in March, and it spread around the world. The European Union and The United States tried to calm down the campaign, because they claimed that it wasn't necessary.

Article 11 Summary:
In this article, it talks about Zimbabwe's new constitution. Crispen Mutungwazi, a supporter of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, says that the new constitution is going to be for the views of all people. It won't matter what political party you are- the new constitution will try to meet all of the views of them. However, the new constitution was delayed when Mutungwazi was arrested for public violence.