Defiant Mugabe poses major test to future of Commonwealth club.(World)(Robert Mugabe) From: Catholic New Times | Date: February 8, 2004| Author: McCullum, Hugh | COPYRIGHT 2004 Catholic New Times, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

On Dec. 8, 2003, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe unilaterally withdrew from the Commonwealth. He did not discuss the decision with his cabinet. It represented the second member state ever to quit the Commonwealth.

ABUJA, Nigeria -- At 79 and in failing health, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe still had the ability to highjack the agenda for the Commonwealth meeting here recently . He managed to shape it to his own ends, even though he was absent. The glitzy venue,...

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