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Zimbabwe: a descent into hell

As Robert Mugabe finally accepts international help, is it one crisis too far for his brutal regime? By Fred Bridgland in Johannesburg

AS Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe government swallowed its pride and asked for international help to contain a cholera epidemic it had insisted a few days earlier was under control, body bags were among the items it requested.