Mugabe May Quit for Immunity

Aides for Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe are in secret talks with leaders of the country's opposition to negotiate a transfer of power, the Guardian reports.  Mugabe may step down in exchange for immunity for past crimes, according to sources. But Morgan Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change are treating Mugabe's overtures with caution.

Aides have warned if the opposition does not agree to Mugabe's requests, he'll declare emergency rule, void the results of last week's election and hold a new one three months from now. Although by all accounts Tsvangirai swept to victory in Saturday's vote, no results have been published. Mugabe's party, Zanu-PF, has lost control of parliament for the first time since the end of white rule. (More Robert Mugabe stories.)