"More than 50 people have been killed in political violence since Zimbabwe's disputed March 29 elections and 25,000 have fled their homes, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday.
Official figures showed Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the election, but failed to garner enough votes to avoid a second round poll, which has been set for June 27.
Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change says Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party has launched a violent campaign against its supporters since the March elections in a bid to avoid another defeat next month. The ruling party denies the charge, and in turn blames the opposition for the violence."
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It seems like the people in Zimbabwe take their politics a little too seriously. It is ridiculous that 50 people have been killed in order to prevent them from voting in the election. It makes me wonder how many people would've been killed back in 2000 if Bush and Gore were to have a 2nd election.
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