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Mugabe Hosts Soccer World Champions Brazil As They Clobber Zimbabwe

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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe waves the national flag upon his arrival at the National Sports Stadium, where Zimbabwe were playing a historic friendly soccer match against Brazil yesterday It's a goal! - A ball finds the back of the net during the Brazil-Zimbabwe soccer encounter at the National Sports Stadium yesterday. Of course, it could only be a goal from the Brazilians, since Zimbabwe came nowhere near the Brazilian goalpost!! Fans troop into the National Sports Stadium in Harare yesterday, to watch Brazil run circles around an outgunned and outclassed Zimbabwe National Soccer Team. Harare, Zimbabwe, 03 June 2010 Five-times Soccer World Cup Champions, Brazil, clobbered a hapless Zimbabwe team in Harare yesterday in front of President Robert Mugabe, who arrived at the stadium waving the Zimbabwe flag and hoping for an upset win by the Zimbabwe Warriors team. Of course, nothing of the sort was ever going to happen. Unlike our superlative cricket team, the Zimbabwe soccer ...

Scenes From Zimbabwes 30 Year Independence Anniversary Ceremony

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Harare, Zimbabwe 18 April 2010 President Mugabe lights the Eternal Flame (also known as the Independence Flame) at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on 18 April 2010 This young lady had to be held firmly by her shirt in case she lunged at the president!! Security, security, securiy! No one can be trusted around Mugabe, it seems, not even children!! Robert "The Solution" Mugabe addresses the crowd at Zimbabwe Independence Celebration Ceremony in Harare on 18 April 2010. Mugabe insisted that the law compel companies to put 51% of their businesses in the hands of black Zimbabweans will go ahead, despite what Prime Minister Tsvangirai says. The elite Presidential Guard go through their paces at the Independence celebrations in Harare on April 18 2010 Mugabe reads the programme during the proceedings at the National Sports Stadium in Harare to mark independence from Britain Prime Minister Tsvangirai greets President Mugabe upon the president's arrival for Indep...