1.   Because the law requires a two-thirds majority for an appointment, government and opposition parties must agree in advance whom to elect.

2.   Both parties agreed to go to arbitration in order to avoid more strikes by the workers.

3.   Both parties can at least agree that this is no way to pick a president.

4.   But all parties agree that Mr Mugabe must follow the laws of his own country in acquiring the land.

5.   Indeed it would be quite absurd if companies can not correct any mistake if all interested parties agree.

6.   The next Opposition party should agree more timetabling of Bills early in the new Parliament, and we should keep to it.

7.   The one thing all the parties agreed on was the need for fair elections.

8.   The parties agreed not to disclose the settlement.

9.   Then, Clinton also intervened, without appointing an emergency board, by appealing to both parties to agree to binding arbitration.