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Australia rolls back Zimbabwe sanctions

Australia said Monday it would lift sanctions on 55 prominent Zimbabweans in response to the announcement of a referendum on a new constitution ahead of July elections.

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr speaks at a press conference in Sydney on March 6, 2013. Australia said Monday it would lift sanctions on 55 prominent Zimbabweans in response to the announcement of a referendum on a new constitution ahead of July elections.

Foreign Minister Bob Carr said the group included members of the judiciary and media, provincial governors and leading business figures as well as a number of politicians from Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.

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