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The Parliament of Zimbabwe passed a constitutional bill that will allow current President Robert Mugabe to pick his own successor. Furthermore, the new constitutional amendment enables early parliamentary elections in 2008.

Zimbabwe's political and human rights situation is critical. Therefore, UK's Prime Minister Gordon Brown challenges the up-coming summit of the African Union and the EU. He will not attend the meeting if President Mugabe is present.

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Morocco's King Mohammed VI announced Abbas el Fassi as Morocco's next prime minister and successor of former prime minister Driss Jettou.

Read more about Morocco's democratic transition and the background of this year's elections in a feature by Al Jazeera and in an article in the International Herald Tribune.

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Emissaries from the EU, the USA, and Russia met with politicians from Serbia today to discuss the status of Kosovo.

While Kosovo's Albanian Prime Minister works towards the independence of Kosovo, Serbia does not want to lose the province. Since 1999 the region is under a transitional interim UN administration.

Read more about the background and the discussions on Al Jazeera online, in the International Herald Tribune and in the Southeast European Times. Find related articles in our news or on our del.icio.us-archive.

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