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President Robert Mugabe is "out of touch" with the magnitude of the cholera crisis gripping his country and should step down, the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe said Thursday.

Ambassador James McGee pointed to calls by President George Bush and the leaders of Britain, France and several African countries for Mugabe to abandon power and let a national unity government take over to help Zimbabwe recover from the health crisis that is spilling across its borders.

"I think what we're seeing with this continued man-made humanitarian crisis, they're correct," McGee said. "It's time for Mugabe to go. He's outlived his usefulness in Zimbabwe." Read full article »

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