China greets Mugabe with open arms

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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe yesterday revelled in his red carpet welcome by China, as other countries pressed for a UN Security Council meeting on his slum demolition drive.
Mugabe is on a six-day visit to China and has been warmly greeted as "an old friend" by President Hu Jintao (???), head of one of the few countries to embrace the 81-year-old autocrat who is banned from traveling in the EU and US.

At the same time, Britain was urging a Security Council meeting on his slum demolition campaign as UN chief Kofi Annan ruled out a visit there until Harare ended its shantytown evictions and allowed humanitarian aid in.

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