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Zimbabwe rivals sign power-sharing deal

AP, Harare
President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders signed a deal yesterday under which Zimbabwe's president of nearly three decades will cede some power, and both sides expressed hope for the coun-try'sfuture.
South African President Thabo Mbeki said Mugabe will be president in the new government, while main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is prime minister A smaller opposition group's leader Arthur Mutambara is deputy prime minister
The deal is the result of three
months of difficult negotiations mediated by Mbeki at the behest of the Southern African Development Community.
"We have to walk the same route the same way." Mugabe said in a speech after the signing ceremony, which was attended by leaders of the 14-member regional bloc and of the African Union.
"Are we beginning today? No. We have been walking the same route without knowing it. or not recognizing each other. After all, we are all Zimbabweans and is there any other road, any other route to follow? History makes us walk the same route."
In his speech Tsvangirai said, "Our nation looks toward us ... to deliver on the commitments contained in this agreement."
He thanked Mbeki for his efforts in finding a solution that was "acceptable to all the parties. " Tsvangirai also thanked African and world leaders, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, "who acknowledged that the world cannot stand idly by while a member nation slides into famine and chaos."
Tsvangirai said Zimbabweans faced the option of uniting the country and moving forward or letting the impasse "plunge our country into the abyss of a failed
state."
He saluted members of parliament for their willingness to work across parties lines. "If you were my enemy yesterday, today we an* bound by the same patriotic duty and destiny," he said.
He called for legislators to b< "driven by the hope of a new, bettei brighter country" and the "hope of .1 new beginning."
Thousands of supporters of tin two men gathered in front of th« center to celebrate, waving posters chanting slogans and singing songs Mugabe's supporters lifted their fists in the air in his party's salute; Tsvangirai's waved an open hand.