The recounts will continue until Mugabe has won it:
The recount in 23 of 210 constituencies could overturn the parliamentary result which saw Zanu-PF lose its majority.
Results of the presidential poll, which the opposition MDC says it also won, have not been released. It is thought the recount may lead to a run-off vote.
Meanwhile, a Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe has left a South African port after workers would not unload it.
Hand weapons and ammunition, just what Mugabe's thugs need to secure their power. Just when China needs more bad PR.
In China, the French are targetted:
Hundreds of people demonstrated in cities including Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming, and Qingdao - often outside stores of the French chain Carrefour.
Passions ran high, but the protests were closely patrolled by police.
Protesters say they are angry at the scale of protests that accompanied the Olympic torch relay in Paris.
They have also denounced French President Nicolas Sarkozy's refusal to confirm whether he will attend the opening ceremony of the Games.
Let's all boycott the Olympics, and drink some good French wine instead.
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