Tsvangirai rules out foul play in car crash

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday ruled out foul play as the cause of a car crash that injured him and killed his wife, easing concerns that it would increase tensions in the new government.

Tsvangirai must cope with his grief alongside the enormous pressure of trying to rescue the shattered economy in a new unity government with President Robert Mugabe, his old rival.

"In such incidents there is always speculation, but in this case I want to assure you that if there was any foul play it would probably be one in 1,000," he told mourners for his wife after returning home from medical treatment in Botswana.