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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by RoadWarrior 01 June 2012

   +He evidently was, however, given some type of acknowledgement or attaboy by the deservedly obscure UN element.+ Zimbabwe is a member…

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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by Dutch_Uncle 01 June 2012

   OK, so she is not an an accredited Ambassador in the sense of someone with that title, a sending state and a receiving state. He evidently…

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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by shortsail 01 June 2012

   I think kingcnut pointed that out quite succintly and quietly in post 2,3,4,and 5.

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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by RoadWarrior 31 May 2012

   I know that this point has been difficult to convey, so I apologize in advance for shouting: *THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A UN TOURISM…

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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by Dutch_Uncle 31 May 2012

   There does seem to be more UN involvement than just a mass mailing. This is from the comments link posted in # 5 above: (Start C&P):…

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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by shortsail 31 May 2012

   The only salient point is that Canada's Foreign Affair's Minister swallowed the bait hook, line, and sinker and made himself and his governm…

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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by RoadWarrior 31 May 2012

   You missed the next two points: (4) The story isn't true. (5) The story isn't true. Aside from the fact that it isn't true, the w…

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   RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

   by Dutch_Uncle 31 May 2012

   Perhaps the story is attractive because it manages to hit so many buttons: (1) The brutal dictator and freedom fighter honored for…

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   RE: Crossing the border from Livingstone to Vic Falls

   by Julesinasia 31 May 2012

   I did this about a year ago and was very pleasantly surprised about how quickly it all went. I left my guesthouse after breakfast at 10…

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by RoadWarrior 31 May 2012

    The story appears to be a fiction. Still, I'm outraged, because being outraged is fun!

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by shortsail 31 May 2012

    Never let it be said that the current Canadian government wastes an opportunity to grandstand and look stupid when it comes to bad mouthing…

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by Dutch_Uncle 31 May 2012

    Here is a link to the Canadian story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/05/31/pol-cp-mugabe-un-tourism-canada.html

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by kingcnut 31 May 2012

    Let me make that 5 consecutive posts, maybe it's a record of some kind.

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by kingcnut 31 May 2012

    OK. The letter is here. http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/finalgoldenbookopenlettertext_0.pdf So unless ther…

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by kingcnut 31 May 2012

    "In light of this ongoing campaign, I would like to extend an invitation to H.E. ….xxx to join hands with other world leaders, as well…

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by kingcnut 31 May 2012

    "UNWTO said it had not appointed Mugabe to any formal position but acknowledged he would receive an open letter like other heads of state…

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by kingcnut 31 May 2012

    "A spokesman for the agency denied Mugabe had been made an international ambassador. It said he was *one of a number of world leaders…

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    RE: Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by rosstralia 31 May 2012

    He's certainly responsible for a lot of the Zimbabwe population leaving and visiting other countries.

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    Zimbabwe: Late April Fool Joke?

    by Dutch_Uncle 31 May 2012

    Lifted from Canadian News Agency and AP: OTTAWA - Canada is withdrawing from a United Nations body over the appointment of Robert Mugabe…

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    Re: Zimbabwe - Central Africa - West Africa up to Morocco by public tranport

    by Kjento78 30 May 2012

    To Mark, 2 months may indeed seem very fast, but I don't have the feeling I rushed through it. My intention was not to go from 1 national…

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    painted houses?

    by bravedog 29 May 2012

    Hi! I'm interested in traditional painted houses of Ndebele and other groups. I'd be interested in any bus routes, etc which might be…

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    Zimbabwe - Central Africa - West Africa up to Morocco by public tranport

    by Kjento78 29 May 2012

    Hello everybody, for the ones planning to travel through Africa, some feedback on the trip I made. After finishing a 2 year mission with…

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    RE: Solo travel to South Africa first 2 weeks of July

    by emmam826 29 May 2012

    In Victoria Falls the Waterfront Lodge was excellent. It is busy though, and can have a bit of a party atmosphere because of all the overlan…

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    Re: Go2Africa Review or past experiences?

    by steve100 28 May 2012

    We just returned from South Africa and Zimbabwe. Catherine Fouche with Go2africa handled all our arrangements within Africa. We stayed…

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    RE: Countries you've seen without being in

    by flobster 28 May 2012

    Probably saw all the countries bordering Hungary Zimbabwe across the Limpopo Botswana from something-or-other national park in South Afric…