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		</div><p>Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has celebrated his 93rd birthday surrounded by thousands of supporters in a defiant show of strength after nearly four decades in power.</p>
<p>Wearing dark glasses and a multi-coloured jacket bearing an image of himself in younger days, Mr Mugabe hosted a birthday celebration in Matabeleland attended by government supporters and delegates from ruling parties in Botswana, Namibia, Angola and Zambia.</p>
<p>In a speech, Mr Mugabe described his life as a &#8220;long, long journey,&#8221; saying it was difficult to predict how long it would last.</p>
<p>&#8220;The decision that you continue to live and to enjoy life is that of the one personality we all call the almighty God,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>His hands gripping the podium, he said that at times he felt alone, but that he has a &#8220;mission&#8221; and &#8220;mandate&#8221; as Zimbabwe&#8217;s leader. He appealed for the ruling ZANU-PF party to overcome its divisions.</p>
<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s challenges include drought and a strike by doctors over working conditions that has forced army and police doctors to deploy in public hospitals.</p>
<p>The government has endured other crises, rejecting decades of opposition and Western allegations about human rights violations, voting irregularities and economic mismanagement.</p>
<p>Mugabe, who turned 93 on Tuesday, has also been serenaded at a palace cake-cutting by singers who wished him &#8220;many more&#8221; birthdays.</p>
<p>Air Zimbabwe, the cash-strapped national carrier, and other entities took out birthday notices in pro-government media.</p>
<p>Dancers and musicians performed ahead of Saturday&#8217;s party at a school in Matopo Hills, on the outskirts of Bulawayo city with caves and rock art dating back thousands of years.</p>
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