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President Mugabe is celebrating his birthday with a big party at Victoria Falls on Satuday. His presidency is increasingly threatened by the state of the Zimbabwean economy, the country could be bankrupt in a matter of months. That's the verdict of analysts who say the crisis over land reform has sent the economy into terminal decline. They estimate negative growth this year with agricultural production down, unemployment up and the mining sector struggling because of a desperate shortage of foreign currency. The BBC's Greg Barrow reports from Harare.