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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has been rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh.Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has been rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh.
Reports say Mr Mwanawasa, 59, experienced sharp chest pains, but is now in a stable condition.Reports say Mr Mwanawasa, 59, experienced sharp chest pains, but is now in a stable condition.
He is due to attend an African Union summit in the resort on Monday, which is expected to focus on Zimbabwe's controversial presidential election.He is due to attend an African Union summit in the resort on Monday, which is expected to focus on Zimbabwe's controversial presidential election.
Mr Mwanawasa has taken a tough line against Robert Mugabe's regime, calling the election undemocratic.Mr Mwanawasa has taken a tough line against Robert Mugabe's regime, calling the election undemocratic.
Mr Mwanawasa, the current chairman of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), said he sympathised with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai when he withdrew from the presidential election because of political violence against his supporters.
"Elections held in such an environment will... bring embarrassment to the Sadc region and the entire continent of Africa," he said then.
He has compared the economic situation in Zimbabwe to "a sinking Titanic".
Egypt's state news agency Mena reported that the Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit was monitoring Mr Mwanawasa's treatment in Sharm el-Sheikh, and that President Hosni Mubarak had visited him in hospital.