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Zimbabwe's ruling and main opposition parties began meeting with the country's electoral commission Thursday to verify the results of the March 29 presidential election.

The process is the final step before the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission officially releases the results, which it is under intense international pressure to do.

A senior official with President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party -- who did not want to be named -- told CNN on Thursday that the commission's results show that challenger Morgan Tsvangirai received 47.8 percent of the vote compared with 43.2 percent for Mugabe. Read full article »

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