A casual statement by South African President Thabo Mbeki during a Wednesday news conference with President Bush has produced anger in neighboring Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's opposition leader accuses Mbeki of making false statements to Bush about the crisis in his country by saying talks between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and the opposition are progressing. Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, told the BBC, "Such statements are manifestly partisan, designed to buy time for the beleaguered illegitimate Mugabe regime.
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