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(11 Dec 2009) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of conference hall 2. Close of banner of ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union party) party conference 3. Various of ZANU-PF delegates dancing 4. President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe walking on podium, waving; zoom in 5. Mugabe waving hand 6. Delegate on podium announcing Mugabe's speech 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Mugabe,President of Zimbabwe: "The reason why we lost much last year was because of factions in many, several provinces. There are too many leaders now, outside the scope of the regular leaders provided for in our constitution." 8. Cutaway delegates 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Mugabe,President of Zimbabwe: "And the party is fighting itself, it is eating itself up. And when you do that, the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) looks at you and says 'yes do much more.'" 10. Delegates chanting slogans 11. Close of Vice President of Zimbabwe Joice Mujuru 12. Delegates singing, waving small flags STORYLINE Zimbabwe's president said on Friday that infighting was destroying the party that has kept him in power for nearly three decades. Robert Mugabe told about 10-thousand delegates at a gathering of his ZANU-PF party that the divisions cost them their parliamentary majority in last year's contested polls. "The reason why we lost much last year was because of factions in many, several provinces. There are too many leaders now, outside the scope of the regular leaders provided for in our constitution," he said. Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980. He was forced into a unity government with former rivals following the 2008 election. The 85-year-old leader said the party was "eating itself up" as officials scrambled to hold onto political power. This is to the opposition's benefit, he said. The unity government saw many Mugabe cronies lose lucrative positions. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...