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Zimbabwe president wants political tolerance

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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe makes a speech at the state burial of a former foreign minister Stan Mudenge, in Harare, Monday. Mugabe says he wants his people to be tolerant of each other's views to allow for a free vote in proposed elections.

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Zimbabwe's president said on Monday he wants his people to be tolerant of each other's views to allow for a free vote in proposed elections. President Robert Mugabe, officiating at the state burial of a former foreign minister, said political differences must be private and "not expressed in actions" that lead to violence. He called on Zimbabweans to follow the "virtues and discipline" of academic and veteran diplomat Stan Mudenge, who died Oct. 4 of heart failure at age 71.