In this Sept, 15, 2008 file photo, Arthur Mutmbara, deputy prime minster of Zimbabwe, left, Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, new prime minster of Zimbabwe and Thabo Mbeki, South African president join hands at the signing of the power sharing deal ceremony in Harare. Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks went ahead Saturday, Oct. 11, and laid claim to all key ministries in a bid to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African nation. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)