G8 calls for swift release of Zimbabwe poll results

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HARARE (AFP) — Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight major economies called Thursday for the swift release of the results of Zimbabwe's disputed presidential polls, condemning recent violence there.

The ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States urged "a speedy, credible and genuinely democratic resolution to this situation in accordance with the wishes of the Zimbabwean people."

In a joint statement issued by Japan, the current chair of the G8, the ministers called for the result of the presidential election "to be released expeditiously and in accordance with the due process of law."

Police in Zimbabwe cracked down on opposition supporters as a general strike fizzled out on Wednesday, while doctors said...