Mugabe makes 1st public appearance amid talks on departure

 
By FARAI MUTSAKA and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA ,  The Associated PressHARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe made his first public appearance since the military put him under house arrest this week, attending a graduation ceremony to applause, even as the military announced “significant progress” on talks for his departure and arrested some of his allies.
The appearance came during an extraordinary series of negotiations with regional leader