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Mugabe's party: Zimbabwe Cabinet talks at risk

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- President Robert Mugabe's party says the opposition is putting Zimbabwe's troubled power-sharing talks at risk by speaking publicly about the negotiations.

President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party says the opposition is not playing ball.

President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party says the opposition is not playing ball.

Talks over a proposed unity government have stalled over the allocation of ministerial posts.

Patrick Chinamasa, chief negotiator for Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, says opposition signatories are violating the spirit of the deal, which calls for an information blackout on negotiations.

He told reporters Wednesday that negotiating in public "will lead to the negotiations failing."

Mugabe's party has said only two key ministries -- finance and home affairs, which controls the police -- remain in dispute.

Opposition negotiators deny that, saying most of the main cabinet posts are still undecided.

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