Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Zimbabwe: U.S. Presses Four It Calls Mugabe Allies

By CELIA W. DUGGER
Published: November 26, 2008

The United States Treasury Department on Tuesday ordered the freezing of any American assets of four people it said had provided financial support to President Robert Mugabe’s government. They are two Zimbabwean businessmen, John Bredenkamp and Muller Conrad Rautenbach; a Thai businesswoman, Nalinee Joy Taveesin; and Dr. Mahmood Awang Kechik, described as a Malaysian urologist and one of Mr. Mugabe’s doctors and business advisers. Also on Tuesday, the United Nations said that more than 50 cholera deaths had been reported in Zimbabwe in the past day, bringing the toll to 366 since August, The Associated Press reported.

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