HARARE, May 16 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will hold a run-off election between veteran President Robert Mugabe and opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai on June 27, a government gazette said on Friday.

"A poll shall be taken on Friday the 27th June, 2008, for the purpose of electing a person to the office of president," a notice in the gazette said. (Reporting by Nelson Banya; Writing by Caroline Drees)

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