University to strip Mugabe of honorary law degree


	University to strip Mugabe of honorary law degree

gingembre

6-7-2007 12:48 PM

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edinburgh university, academia, africa, zimbabwe, mugabe, united kingdom, scotland

gingembre says:

20 years later Mugabe is finally being officially dissed

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6-7-2007 12:59 PM

adamc

Good. What he's done to his country is disgraceful.

6-8-2007 3:32 AM

cementedminds

Good!

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