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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Gets Tepid Turnout at Final Public Sendoff

Anita Powell

   HARARE - The flag-draped coffin had arrived, followed by black-clad
   family members, their heads bowed. Several dozen suited dignitaries
   marched in, chests puffed out. Military members stood rigid and proud.
   All of the pomp and circumstance one would expect at the memorial for a
   man hailed as an African icon was in place Saturday for the final
   public sendoff for Robert Mugabe.

   But there was just one thing missing: A crowd.

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