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Mugabe: West not helpful

President Robert Mugabe says if the West can't support Zimbabwe's struggling coalition, it should stop interfering. His speech came after US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on South Africa to help Zimbabwe cope with what she called the "negative effects" of Mugabe's leadership.

Mugabe did not name Clinton Monday, but said his coalition with former opposition leader Tsvangirai was working and supported by southern Africans. "Who is the real judge of the political arrangement that we have done here in southern Africa?" Mugabe said. "Why should America not recognize the work we are doing as an inclusive government?"