The High Court in Zimbabwe has refused an opposition request to extend the country's presidential election into a fourth day.
The Movement for Democratic Change had appealed for a further day's voting after President Robert Mugabe's government defied an earlier High Court order and opened polling stations in Harare five hours late. The court had ordered a full day's voting on an unscheduled third day of the election.
"If thousands of people are not allowed to vote then this is a stillborn election," said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. He said that multitudes of potential voters are being disenfranchised.
