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ROME (AP) - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe defied a European Union travel ban and arrived Thursday in Rome to join world leaders attending Pope John Paul II's funeral.
Mugabe, 81, landed at midmorning at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport, and an Associated Press Television News crew said there were no signs that authorities had made any attempt to arrest him.
The European Union imposed travel sanctions in 2002 after its observers were barred from disputed presidential elections. Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party last week announced it had gained a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections also marred by fraud allegations.
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