Court Rejects Zimbabwe Poll Petition

A Zimbabwean high court today rejected a petition to force President Robert Mugabe’s government to release its long-delayed election results, the BBC reports. Instead, the ruling party will be allowed to go through with its recounts, which the opposition believes are a ploy to rig the parliamentary election.

Voting took place more than two weeks ago, but official results have not been released. “They had custody of the ballot boxes for two weeks, and they must have stuffed them with their votes,” said an opposition spokesman. (More Zimbabwe stories.)