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12/28/2004:

"Zimbabwe's Mujuru acting president on Mugabe break"

HARARE: Zimbabwe's first woman vice president Joyce Mujuru has been appointed to run the country's day-to-day affairs while President Robert Mugabe takes his annual leave, the official Herald newspaper reported yesterday.

The temporary appointment - which in the past had gone to co-vice president Joseph Msika, who like Mugabe is in his 80s - adds weight to speculation that Mujuru is being prepared to succeed Mugabe on his expected retirement in 2008.

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