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By Brian Montopoli

March 21, 2007 / 9:38 AM EDT / CBS News

(REUTERS)

"No, we will not allow you to do that, because the CNN and the BBC they champion the imperialist interests of the British and the Americans, so they are totally biased, and...you will be misleading the world."

--Machivenyika Mapuranga, Zimbabwe's ambassador to the U.S., speaking on CNN about why his country does not allow some Western media outlets to report from inside Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's government has been criticized for a crackdown on opposition politicians and foreign diplomats.