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source: BBC News

South African President Thabo Mbeki has left Zimbabwe for home without comment after crisis talks in Harare with his counterpart Robert Mugabe.

Mr Mbeki, who is thought to advocate a national unity government as a way to resolve the presidential poll dispute, had been expected to brief journalists.

Zimbabwe has still to announce the date of a run-off between Mr Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

Mr Mbeki’s visit came amid concern that poll-related violence is escalating.

Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), remained in South Africa, in self-imposed exile.

He has not been in Zimbabwe for the past month although there is growing pressure on him to return home and rally his [continue reading]