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BBC News with Cathy Clarkson.

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says Friday's presidential run-off poll was an exercise in mass intimidation by a desperate dictatorship. Mr. Tsvangirai boycotted the vote because of violence against his supporters, leaving President Robert Mugabe the only candidate standing. The Zimbabwean Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa denied reports that government supporters had gone door-to-door, forcing people to take part. Turnout across Zimbabwe was reported to have been low but Mr. Chinamasa disagreed.

"That is a blatant lie, that is just lie, that is the sort of falsehood that MDC has been trying to peddle. They don't accept that people can act on their own volition. People who are coming out to vote are doing so on their own volition, on their own wish. There is no intimidation whatsoever."

The African Union's top diplomat, Jean Ping, says Africa can't find a credible solution to Zimbabwe's problems. Mr. Ping was speaking in Egypt ahead of next week's African Union summit. He said Zimbabwe was not formerly on the summit agenda but that it would be discussed. The European Union and the United States have denounced Zimbabwe's elections as a sham.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have held a joint rally in the New Hampshire town, Unity. It was their first appearance together on a public stage since Senator Clinton pulled out of the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after a bruising campaign. Mrs. Clinton made an impassioned plea for her supporters to switch allegiance to her former rival. She said unity, like the town's name, was her theme. And she stressed that their two paths have now merged with the White House as their final destination. Mr. Obama praised his former rival and said the party and the country needed both Bill and Hillary Clinton.

"If you are willing to join me and you are willing to join Hillary Clinton, if you are willing to organize and mobilize, then we are not just going to change this country, but we will change the world."

The new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has hosted his first meeting with EU leaders at a summit in Siberia. They agreed to launch much-delayed talks on a new partnership agreement. Here is our world affairs correspondent Nick Childs.

There's still a very different perception in Moscow and Brussels about what the thrust of a new agreement should be. And some of the issues at stake have actually been exacerbated recently. For example, that of energy security ... markets, the EU is likely to continue to raise concerns about human rights in Russia. For his part, Mr. Medvedev again complained about EU policy being driven by a few ex-eastern board members with which Russia has disputes. The Russians also once more raised the idea of talks on a new European security treaty, that’ll have been as unwelcome to EU leaders this time as it was before.

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There were further slides on world stock markets on Friday with high oil prices and fears of a global economic slowdown still casting a long shadow. Shares in the United States closed lower again a day after the New York Stock Exchange hit its lowest level for two years. Earlier, most European markets ended down and markets in Asia were badly hit.

There is growing evidence that a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas Movement in Gaza has been flouted on a number of occasions. But there have been no reports of injuries or damage. Will Davis reports from Jerusalem.

Islamic Jihad says it has fired rockets because Israel is continuing to target and kill its members in the West Bank which is not covered by the ceasefire. Meanwhile, a United Nations source says Israeli border troops have, on several occasions over the last week, fired at Palestinian farmers. Israel has re-imposed much of its economic blockade of Gaza in response to the sporadic mortar and rocket fire. Hamas, which is the dominant Palestinian group in Gaza, says it is still committed to the ceasefire.

A charity concert celebrating the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela is underway in Hyde Park in London. Dozens of performers are taking part, including some Africa’s top singers, but Mr. Mandela told the audience the celebration was not the most important thing.

"Our work is far from complete, where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed; there is more work to be done."

A dentist, whose gang stole body parts from corpses and funeral parlors, and sold them for millions of dollars, has been sentenced in New York to a maximum of 54 years in jail. The man, Michael Mastromarino, said he was sorry for the emotional pain he’d caused. The bone and tissue taken without permission or proper screening for diseases were transplanted into thousands of patients.

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