African food crisis spurs U.N. debate on Zimbabwe

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and European nations raised Zimbabwe's housing demolitions in the Security Council for the first time on Thursday, using a debate on extreme hunger in southern Africa as an means of getting the issue on the agenda. 

But diplomats said most Council members were resisting discussion, saying the Zimbabwe crisis is internal and not an international peace and security issue. And African leaders have rejected Western condemnation of the forced eviction of slum dwellers from urban areas.