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| Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and breakaway opposition leader Arthur Mutambara have signed a power-sharing deal, ruling party officials say. | Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and breakaway opposition leader Arthur Mutambara have signed a power-sharing deal, ruling party officials say. |
| The agreement does not include Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a Zanu-PF official said. | The agreement does not include Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a Zanu-PF official said. |
| There has been no official confirmation of the reports. | There has been no official confirmation of the reports. |
| The BBC has been told by officials close to Mr Mutambara that reports of a deal being signed were untrue. | |
| Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai were earlier reported to be unable to agree on how to divide power. | Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai were earlier reported to be unable to agree on how to divide power. |
| Mr Tsvangirai left a Harare hotel without comment after four hours of negotiations on Tuesday and the BBC's Karen Allen in Johannesburg says confusion surrounds the state of the talks. | |
| But she says if a deal has been agreed with Mr Mutambara it could be used to exert pressure and draw concessions from Mr Tsvangirai. | |
| MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said earlier: "The talks have not collapsed. It's just a time out." | |
| Campaign of violence | |
| Tuesday's talks followed a five-hour meeting on Monday and a marathon session on Sunday that lasted more than 13 hours. | |
| South African President Thabo Mbeki has been mediating the talks, and his role is expected to come under scrutiny at a meeting of regional powers this weekend. | |
| Mr Tsvangirai won the first round of Zimbabwe's presidential election in March, before pulling out of a June run-off because he said there was a campaign of violence against his supporters. | |
| The violence claimed the lives of more than 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands. | |
| Zanu-PF has blamed the opposition for post-election violence. |