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SHIP WITHOUT SHELTER The US has asked China to withdraw a cache of weapons destined for Zimbabwe. A Beijing spokeswoman said they might not be delivered

DPA AND AFP, JOHANNESBURG AND WASHINGTOAN

But Casey said that the US “would hope that it would be clear to the Chinese” that given the instability in Zimbabwe and “real and visible” abuses committed by its security forces, providing additional weapons “is something which is not necessary right now.”

The An Yue Jiang was carrying 3 million rounds of assault rifle ammunition, 3,000 mortar rounds and 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades, a South African paper reported.

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