Zimbabwe to set presidential runoff date by Friday

15/05/2008 - 17:53

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's electoral commission will announce the date of the country's presidential runoff election by the end of Friday, state television reported on Thursday.

The commission said on Wednesday the presidential run-offcould be delayed until the end of July -- four months after thedisputed March 29 elections.

Official results showed that opposition leader MorganTsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the election but notby enough votes to avoid a run-off.