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The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has declined to attend talks chaired by the South African President Thabo Mbeki who is mediating in Zimbabwe's political crisis. The meeting at the presidential offices in Harare would have brought Mr. Tsvangirai together with Robert Mugabe for the first time to discuss their election dispute. But a spokesman from the Mr. Tsvangirai said he refused to attend, because doing so would imply recognition of Mr. Mugabe as president. However, speaking afterwards, Mr. Mbeki said a negotiated settlement remains the best way forward.

"We do indeed need to move with some speed to resume the process of negotiations among the Zimbabwean political formations in order to agree what it is that needs to be done to respond to the political situation in the country immediately, and indeed we have also agreed that necessarily the MDC formation led by Mr. Tsvangirai has to be part , a part to those discussions."

Parliament in Argentina has approved a highly controversial package of taxes on agricultural exports. Farmers who are strongly opposed to the measures have staged widespread protests over the past few months, resulting in riots and food shortages across the country. They'd threatened to renew blockades of major highways and cut off farm exports if the measures were approved by parliament.

Syrian prisoners at a jail in Damascus say that they've been involved in a violent confrontation with their guards and there've been many casualties. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 25 prisoners had been killed. One of the prisoners, an Islamist, who said he'd been imprisoned for his beliefs, told the BBC he thought the number of dead must, would be much higher. He said as many as 200 guards entered the cell at dawn.

They shackled our hands behind this, confiscated our clothes and possessions, and beat us, and they insulted the Koran, they trod on the Koran. The Muslims couldn't accept these insults to the Koran. It was similar to what happened in Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay.

The Islamist prisoners are believed to be holding a large number of other prisoners hostage and an apparent attempt to strengthen their bargaining position. There's been no comment from the Syrian authorities.

The brother of the Nigerian international footballer, Joseph Yobo, has been kidnapped by armed men in the oil-producing Niger Delta. Police said that Mr. Yobo's younger brother Norum had been forced out of his car as he left a nightclub in Port Harcourt. The BBC correspondent in Lagos says in the past year kidnapping relatives of wealthy Nigerians has become a big business for the numerous criminal gangs in the Niger Delta. Yoseph Yobo, who plays for the English team Everton, is on holiday in Nigeria at the moment.

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An international delegation has been visiting Iraq to try to encourage reconciliation between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. The group includes Martin McGuinness, a former leader of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) in Northern Ireland which suffered three decades of communal strife. Mr. McGuinness, who is now deputy head of the Northern Ireland government, said Iraqi factions should realize that a meaningful process of negotiation was the only way to end violence. Speaking to the BBC, he also stressed the importance of a ceasefire.

"If you look at the IRA Association in the summer of 1994, and the fight that politicians from the Democratic Unions Party and Sinn Fein and others are the non-governmental guard. You can clearly see that a ceasefire was the most important movement in our history that has to be, leading to our political resolution of the conflict."

A senior figure in the Church of England has criticized the new alliance of Anglican traditionalist for what he described as unwarranted attacks on the spiritual head of the church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. In a speech, the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, accused the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans of trying to turn Doctor Williams into a scapegoat for the problems of the church. The fellowship was formed by conservatives last month to resist, what they say, as unacceptable liberal trends in the church. Robert Pigott has more details.

Criticism of the traditionalist alliance, the majority of whose members are African, from a senior Ugandan-born archbishop will resonate in the church. However, the alliance does appear to have considerable support among traditionalists, including in the Senate. The alliance argues that they question the rule of the office of archbishop of Canterbury, as the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion, rather than criticizing Doctor Williams himself.

Tennis, and Venus Williams has beaten her younger sister Serena to retain her Wimbledon singles title. She won a hard-fought match in straight sets 7-5 6-4.