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The Elders, a leading human rights group, is demanding that longtime Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe step down. Mugabe was sworn in on Sunday amid allegations of violence and intimidation of the opposition. Former Irish President Mary Robinson and Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, both members of The Elders, discuss the situation.

After weeks of uncertainty, Robert Mugabe was declared the winner of a run-off election and sworn in as Zimbabwe's president amid a climate of violence. Farai Chideya talks with Machivenyika Mapuranga, Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the United States, about the current state of the nation.

Racism and the Presidential Race

An Arizona company wants to build the world's largest solar energy system in the Imperial Valley. The company says the solar generation facility will provide electricity for about half a million homes

Iraq's Oil Ministry announced Monday that it is opening six prime oil-producing regions to long-term development by international oil companies. Iraqi opposition leaders have denounced the plans, saying they put the country's oil wealth into Western hands.

The annual World Petroleum Congress is under way in Madrid, Spain. And while the Saudis and other OPEC oil ministers are among those registered for the conference, they are not expected to offer any solutions for soaring prices, now more than $141 a barrel.

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You Can't Always Get What You Want

Zimbabwe's runoff election, in which President Robert Mugabe was the only candidate, was denounced globally as a sham. Britain's Foreign Office Minister, Mark Malloch Brown, says it used to be Mugabe against the U.S. and Britain, but today, it's him against the world.