US urges Zimbabwe to set presidential runoff date

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States on Wednesday urged Zimbabwean authorities to set a date for a presidential run-off election after they announced it would be postponed for as much as 10 weeks.

"If a run-off is going to happen, there certainly is an obligation on the part of all the international community to push the Zimbabwean government to make sure that there are conditions in place for a free and fair run-off," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey told reporters.

"And one of the ways that people can be given some additional assurances that that's going to occur is for an actual date to be set, rather than just continued statements that there will be a delay," he said.

Zimbabwe's presidential run-off poll is to be delayed by as much as 10...