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PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has threatened to throw the US ambassador out of Zimbabwe.

Mugabe is furious with James McGee for urging opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return to the country to lead his under-pressure supporters in the forthcoming presidential run-off.

Tsvangirai flew back on Saturday after six weeks abroad - with his party saying there have been plots to kill him.

Mugabe hit out at McGee, saying: "As long as he carries on doing that, I will kick him out of the country. This is Zimbabwe, not an extension of America."

He also slammed claims of an assassination plot, saying: "Tsvangirai is running around telling people I want to kill him. I don't even have a bow and arrow."

Independent human rights groups, McGee and other diplomats say opposition supporters have been beaten and killed by government and ruling party thugs to ensure Mugabe stays in power after the June 27 run-off vote.

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