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in prison plus 1,000 years for the man who abducted three young women

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in Ohio. Ariel Castro apologises to his victims. He pleaded to have

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brought -- several hundred kinds including kidnap, rape and

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aggravated murder. I am not a monster, I am a normal person will

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stop I am just sick. Edward Snowden slips out of Moscow airport after

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being granted asylum in Russia. Also coming up: Robert Mugabe's

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challenger for President. Morgan Tsvangarai called Zimbabwe's

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election a huge farce amid claims of vote rigging. Uruguay is set to

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become the first country in the world to legalise marijuana. Will it

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reduce drug-trafficking or simply create a nation of drug users?

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A US judge has given a sentence of life imprisonment without the

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possibility of parole to Ariel Castro, the man who has admitted

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holding three women captive in his house in the city of Cleveland for

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almost a decade. The court heard he has put his victims through a life

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of hell. He had pleaded guilty to more than 900 cans including

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kidnapping, rape and the aggravated murder of an unborn child. As he

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addressed the court, he apologised for his actions.

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I am truly sorry to the family, to Michelle and Amanda. You guys know

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what went on in that film. I ask God to forgive me. I asked my family and

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I apologise to my family also for putting them through all of this. I

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want to apologise to the state of a high old, the city of Cleveland. I

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just want to apologise to everyone who were touched by the events but I

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do also want to let you know that there was harmony in that home.

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There was harmony at home, I was a good person. I never had a record

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and I hope that people find it in their hearts to forgive me.

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One of the women abducted by Ariel Castro gave a moving account of her

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ordeal in court. I would like to tell you what those 11 years were

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like for me. I mist my son every day. I wondered if I was ever going

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to see him again. He was only 2.5 years old. I look inside my heart

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and I see my son. I cried every night, I was so alone. I worried

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about what would happen to me and the other girls every day. The day

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is never got shorter. The days turned into nights and night turned

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into days. The years turned into an eternity. I knew nobody cared about

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me. He told me that my family didn't care. Chris Smith was the most

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traumatic day because I never got to spend with my son. -- Christmas.

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Nobody should ever have to go through what I went through, not

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even my worst enemy. My team-mate never let me fall and I never let

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her fall. She nursed me back to health when I was dying from his

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abuse. My friendship with her was the only thing that was good out of

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this situation. We said some day we would make it out alive, and we did.

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Our correspondent joins us now from Washington. It is all very

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distressing when you listen to what Michelle Knight was saying in court

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and we also heard from Ariel Castro. The judge gave a very direct

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consideration and give his sentence, so tell us what the judge

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said? The judge was very unmoved by Ariel Castro 's please. He made a

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long speech in which he apologised to his victims but blamed everybody

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else for his predicament and said, I am not a violent man, I am just

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sick. The judge had very little patience for that. He thoroughly

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went through each kind and explained to him what he was a sex offender.

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He gave him 1,000 years plus life, no possibility of parole and now

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contact with the daughter he fathered. When Michelle Knight gave

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that moving account, what was the demeanour of Ariel Castro as he

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heard one of his victims speak? Ariel Castro was instructed not to

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look at her. His demeanour throughout the entire sentencing

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hearing was one that was almost aloof. He was kicking his feet, he

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was fidgeting in his seat and when he had to talk, he seemed

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non-apologetic at all. When this name to Amanda Berry, he didn't

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necessarily make a scene but he later implied that because nobody

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mist her, it was not a real problem that he took in the first place.

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There was a real lack of connection between the crimes he committed and

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his apparent remorse. 5.5 weeks in transit and Edward

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Snowden has finally been allowed to leave Moscow airport. He was given

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one-year asylum in the country and is currently in a secret location.

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He thanked the Russians for granting him asylum and criticised the USA

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for not respecting domestic or international law. He is wanted in

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the US for leaking classified information about US surveillance

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programmes. We will look at what the indications are for US and Russia

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relations. Edward Snowden has been stuck in the

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transit zone of this Moscow airport for 5.5 weeks, having arrived here

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from Hong Kong in June. Camera crews and photographers have been

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desperately trying to get a games of the former intelligence contract.

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Today, he left the airport and detected. He has been granted

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temporary asylum in Russia. His lawyer showed the relevant documents

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to journalists and gave his thoughts on what would happen now. As for his

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place of residence, he can choose that himself, he can stay in a hotel

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or flat. Given he is the most wanted person on, we will have to look at

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security arrangements. The US has charged him with leaking security

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details and the affair has caused diplomatic ructions around the

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world, upsetting the United States has allies and a traditional

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enemies. Since then, he has received offers of asylum from Venezuela,

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Nicaragua and Bolivia. He says he wants to visit those countries but

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his US passport has been revoked, making travel to Latin America

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impossible. His father, in an interview broadcast on Russian TV

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yesterday, said he would advise his son to stay put. I feel Russia has

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the strength and resolve and conviction to protect my son, to

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keep him out of the reach of those who would wish harm. That is why I

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would stay in Russia and that is what I hope he will do. This latest

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move by Russia both can -- make more diplomatic tensions. The Prime

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Minister -- the President may even my cot meetings with President Putin

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in September. What are the implications for US and Russia

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relations? Andrew Kurchins is director and senior fellow at the

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Russia and Eurasia Programme at the CSIS, the Centre for Strategic and

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International Studies. Is he big enough to be a big problem between

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the US and Russia? It is big enough to be a considerable problem between

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the two countries and even the fact that the President Obama

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administration is considering cancelling the meeting in Saint

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Petersburg next month is significant. I think it is

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worthwhile looking at the options that Edward Snowden had coming out

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of the transit zone. One option was that he would be extradited directly

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by the Russians to the United States. Frankie, I don't think

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anybody considered that a realistic option and if we turned the tables

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and imagined if the Russian equivalent had arrived with a

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treasure trove of secrets and intelligence, it is unlikely that he

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would be extradited back to the Russian Federation. Another scenario

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would have Edward Snowden going to a third country. That is a worse

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option than the one we have now. Why? If he goes to a third country,

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the current -- likelihood that this information will be disseminated

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further and wider is all the greater. It leaves us with the may

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be best case realistic option that was available for Edward Snowden in

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terms of the United States. The upside right now is that US

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authorities and citizens including his family have the opportunity to

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talk directly with him. He will have the chance to get a clear

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understanding of what he would face if he were to return to the United

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States. How worried you think the US is that he might make more

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revelations about US surveillance programmes and would it be in the

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Russians interests to have him say more? I think it is a legitimate

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concern upon the US authorities that Edward Snowden could make further

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revelation that could be damaging to US security interests. I don't think

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President Putin wants Edward Snowden to disseminate the information any

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further to other countries, that devalues the information the

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Russians and Chinese have already gleaned from Edward Snowden. There

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may be information that would be embarrassing to the Russian

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Federation if Edward Snowden were to reveal it. To some extent, it may

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sound unconventional but there is some shared common interest between

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the United States and the Russians that Edward Snowden be kept under

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tight wraps and I think we can assume that a trader of state

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secrets is not the kind of person that President Putin looks upon with

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fondness. Do you think in a few months time, he will slip out of

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Russia and everyone will forget about him briefly? Slip quietly?

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Probably not. If he makes the decision that he can return to the

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United States. It is a long shot but not beyond the realm of possibility

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and the Russians would be likely to him go. A court hearing in Italy has

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upheld. Mr Silvio Berlusconi faces has arrested instead of going to

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jail. Let us remind ourselves of the case. Silvio Berlusconi was

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convicted in October 2012 of tax fraud, reading to his firm. He was

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given a four-year sentence, reduced to one year. In May 24 team, an

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appeals court reinstated the original four-year sentence. Today's

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outcome is the result of his final appeal against that conviction. Let

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us get more on this from our correspondent in Rome. Is this what

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everybody was expecting? A day of rising tension as you can imagine,

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half of Italy transfixed out this court case. Silvio Berlusconi has

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been the most influential politician in this country for the better part

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of 20 years. Prime Minister three times and yet, as you say, the

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appeal Court judges have upheld the verdict against him. They decided he

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was indeed will of systematic tax evasion and that he should serve a

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prison sentence. It is not quite as dramatic as it sounds because as you

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said, the system here is lenient on men in their 70s like Mr Berlusconi.

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He is much more likely to injure some humiliation like house arrest

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or committee service but make no mistake, this has been a devastating

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verdict for him. There is no appeal from here, this will be permanently

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part of his record and he will certainly see this as one of the

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darkest days in his extraordinary political career. It has come to an

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end, it would seem. Is that going to cause problems for Italy

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politically? He is of course a very influential figure? It is very

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important to say that there was another punishment that could have

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been handed down to him here this evening. There was in that court

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verdict, a measure to bar him from public office but that has not been

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enforced. The appeal Court judges were not happy with that aspect of

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the verdict and they say that it will now have two go back to the

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lower court to be re-examined so effectively, he is not being barred

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from public office. If he had been, there would have been political

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ructions. You would have expected him to fight that verdict in every

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way that he could and he could have challenged it in the highest house

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of the Italian parliament but as I say, that barred from public office

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is not been in force to stop it would have to be re-examined.

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you for bringing those that. To Zimbabwe now. President Robert

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Mugabe's ZANU-PF party says it has won the hotly contested presidential

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election, even though votes are still being counted. One independent

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group of election observers says voting was seriously compromised

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because of 2 million people may have been unable to vote in areas where

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support for Robert Mugabe's rival Morgan Tsvangirai is strong.

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President Robert Mugabe's supporters are strong. This has been a huge

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force. It has been marred by legal violations which affect the

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legitimacy of this outcome. This is what he's complaining about. Footage

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allegedly showing supporters of Robert Mugabe being brought in to

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vote illegally. Based on the empirical reports from observers,

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the credibility of the 2013 elections seriously compromised by a

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systematic effort to disenfranchise up to 1 million voters. Five years

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ago, Zimbabwe's election ended in chaos. A power-sharing government

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followed. President Robert Mugabe always kept a tight grip on security

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forces. With the economy stabilised, his campaign to seize control of

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businesses was popular. Today, Robert Mugabe and his party could be

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heading for a landslide, stolen or otherwise. Simba and Saint Barbie"

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neighbours seem unlikely to challenge the result - - Zimbabwe's

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neighbours seem unlikely to challenge the result.

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Do you think these allegations about vote rigging will be enough to

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invalidate the election poster Mark I don't think so. - - do you think

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these allegations about vote rigging will be enough to invalidate the

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elections? I do not think so. I think these allegations should be

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investigated, but at the end of the day, if the election is ratified, I

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think that will very much be it. We might have two parallel track. Going

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forward, you will probably find a new government will be put into

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place fairly soon. If more than strangler I - - if Morgan Tsvangirai

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says these elections are a bit of faith farce, it will be a come-down

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for him to say, all right. I think it is a friend scenario here. - - I

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think it is a different scenario here. If the election is ratified,

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the MDC may contested, but there will be a another government. If it

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is a ZANU-PF, there will not be that much pressure to include MDC

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members. I think the pressure will be more on the MDC. If the group of

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southern African nations say these elections were fed by and large - -

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fair by and large, what positions is up at the international community

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in? It puts the cat among the pigeons in the international

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community. They either go along with the African poster if - -

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perspective, or the international community say they do not see the

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elections as being credible. Then we would be back to the disconnect,

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like before 2008. We have had more than a decade of that. Is it your

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guess that the MDC will contest the result? It is hard to say. I imagine

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they will. I think it will be important for the electoral

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commission to take the challenges seriously. I do not hit changing

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actual outcome. Thank you very much.

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And Uruguay is on course to become the first country in the world to

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legalise marijuana. A bill has been approved by the lower house of

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parliament and is expected to be passed by the Senate. It means

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Uruguay will have stage when authorities regulating the

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production, distribution and sale of marijuana. President Josey Mojica's

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government backs the law, and says it will undermine the legal drug

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market by taking a profit from the dealers. What does this mean for

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Latin America? Will other countries follow and how will Washington

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respond? Peter Hakim is Emeritus President of the Inter-American

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Dialogue, a US centre for policy analysis on the Americas. He joins

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me from Washington. Are you require a kind of experiment for the rest of

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Latin America? ? - - are Uruguay kind of experiment? The US started

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the experimentation when the states of Washington and Colorado legalise

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the recreational use of marijuana. There are still a lot of questions.

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Some will be answered by Uruguay. Other countries are clearly

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interested in finding new ways of eating drug addiction, and criminal

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violence - - new ways of beating drug addiction and criminal

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violence. It is not marijuana people are worried about, really. It is

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more heroin and cocaine and harder drugs, isn't it? Oh, absolutely.

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There is a question about whether marijuana is a significant factor in

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violence. Prohibition against marijuana have caused a lot of grief

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for young people, people who are courts and in trouble with the law.

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Prisons are filled up in the United States by people who have been

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involved with drugs. It is an immense cost. Maybe Uruguay will

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provide the beginning of the different approach to drugs, an

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approach that legalises but at the same time helps health services and

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community services. Overall, the objective in some ways is to not

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simply eliminate the drug, but to eliminate the primary violence

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associated. You think the United States and Latin America CI two I on

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this issue - - do you think the United States and Latin America see

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I to I on this? It is not working for Latin America. You see crime and

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violence at high levels. The United States seems to have it struck Rob

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under control - - the United States seems to have it drug problem under

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