Zimbabwe President

President Robert Mugabe refused Tuesday to give into pressure from Africa and the West. He said the would can shout as loud as they like but he would not cancel this week's runoff election even though his opponent quit the race. The opposition is headed by Morgan Tsvangirae, who quit the presidential contest and sought shelter in the Dutch Embassy. South Africa's ruling party issued a tough worded statement calling on Mugabe's government to stop "riding roughshod" over their opposition. There was a report in the Times of London that Britain has drawn up contingency plans for deploying troops in Zimbabwe to resolve a humanitarian crisis and to evacuate British nationals and their dependents. That did not make the African national Congress happy and they warned against international intervention after hearing the report.