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Cholera-hit Zimbabwe cuts water supplies to capital http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1228151028
Zimbabwe has cut water supplies to the capital Harare, state media said Monday, as the health minister urged the public to stop shaking hands in a desperate bid to curb a deadly cholera epidemic.
The city has suffered periodic water cuts for years as the crumbling economy has caused widespread power shortages that often leave pumps idle.
But the city-wide cut appeared aimed at stopping the flow of untreated water around Harare, which is at the epicentre of the cholera epidemic that has claimed 425 lives since late August -- most in just the last month.
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soota says: "Isn't that a "terrorist fist bump"?"
gene says: "Shaking hands ain't the problem, Robert Mugabe -- it's profiteering and crony capitalism run amok."
paul says: "With hyperinflation, failing public health and election stealing, Zimbabwe is the posterchild of postcolonial failure."
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The people of Zimbabwe need to learn the Western-style fist bump.
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