Zurich - Lionel Messi claimed the World Player of the cultured freshwater pearl Year award on Monday to nearly complete his collection of football's greatest honours.

Messi tacked on the prestigious award to his growing list of accolades at a FIFA gala ceremony in Zurich, easily outdistancing the last two winners, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, along with his Barcelona teammates Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta in voting among national team captains and coaches.

It caps a perfect year for the winger, who won an unprecedented treble of titles with Barcelona - the Spanish league and cup, and the Champions League - and received the Ballon D'Or as the best player in Europe. He also sealed Barcelona's first Club World Cup on wholesale pearl jewelry Saturday with an extra-time goal to beat Estudiantes 2-1.

All that eludes the 22-year-old Argentine now is a World Cup title.

"It is beautiful to achieve a year that cannot possibly be improved," Messi said through a translator. He called the award "the icing on the cake."

Messi, who was runner-up the last two years, received 1 047 points in voting. Ronaldo was second with 352 points, followed by Xavi with 196 points.

Messi scored 38 goals in 51 matches in all competitions during 2008-2009 season, and has continued with 15 goals in 22 games this campaign as Barcelona have surged to the inflatable slides top of La Liga and back to the Champions League knockout phase.

Harare - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai complained Sunday that his unity government deal with President Robert Mugabe was not being implemented and pearl jewelry sets appealed for South African help.

"The real problem is not about the conflict. The real problem is about implementing the Global Political Agreement... then we move our country forward," Tsvangirai told a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) rally.

He said South Africa, which mediated the agreement, needed to stay involved.

"Zimbabwe's instability is not a domestic issue, it's not a wish pearl jewelry foreign policy to South Africa. It is a domestic issue (for South Africa)," Tsvangirai said.

Tsvangirai and his MDC boycotted the unity government in October, complaining about the non-implementation of the unity deal. But they re-joined the government after the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the guarantors of the agreement, promised to mediate.

Negotiators from Tsvangirai's MDC, Mugabe's Zanu PF and smaller faction of the MDC are still in talks on how to resolve their disputes, in line with SADC recommendations.

The outstanding issues being contested are the appointments of freshwater perl jewelry senior civil servants who include the central bank governor, the attorney general and provincial governors as well as the removal of sanctions.

The unity government created in February has been plagued by a raft of disputes that led Tsvangirai to boycott cabinet meetings for pearl jewelry three weeks in October.

Last month, regional leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ended the standoff at a special summit in Mozambique, tasking Zuma with helping the parties resolve their differences.

SADC gave the parties a 30-day deadline to resolve the issues, but this has been missed. Negotiations will however continue, said Zulu.

Among the issues contested by the rival parties are the appointment of the pearl jewelry  central bank governor and the attorney general, as well as the naming of provincial governors and the removal of a Western travel ban and asset freeze on Mugabe and his inner circle.

Zuma earlier this month named a new team to take over the regional mediation role previously held by former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who brokered the power-sharing deal signed last year that created the inflatable unity government.

Johannesburg - South African mediators on Friday said progress has been made in talks between the rival parties of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

"There is progress on the akoya pearl beads dialogue that has been made between the parties," Lindiwe Zulu, spokesperson for the mediators, said.

"While we are anxious that all issues are resolved, the good thing is that they are talking," she addded.

"As far as we are concerned and as far as President (Jacob) Zuma is concerned, the earlier the issues are resolved, the better for the welfare and social status for the people of Zimbabwe."

The mediators including Zulu, who is the freshwater pearl earrings South African president's international adviser, returned from Zimbabwe on Wednesday, after holding a series of meetings with the negotiators from Mugabe's Zanu-PF and the two factions of the opposition MDC.

The delegation, which also includes former cabinet ministers Charles Nqakula and Mac Maharaj, met last week with Mugabe at his State House offices.

A report will be presented to freshwater pearl necklace Zuma to brief him about the visit, Zulu said.

Harare - Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is thankful for South African efforts to rescue his country's coalition government.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking at a wholesale pearl earrings party rally on Sunday, said South African President Jacob Zuma could visit soon.

Zuma's spokesperson did not comment on a possible visit by his boss, but said in a statement that a delegation of mediators sent by Zuma was leaving for Zimbabwe on Sunday.

Tsvangirai boycotted the unity government for three weeks, returning in early November after receiving assurances Zuma would intervene to help resolve a number of issues.

Those include charges that forces loyal to President Robert Mugabe were attacking Tsvangirai's supporters.
Harare - Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is thankful for pearl jewelry wholesale South African efforts to rescue his country's coalition government.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, speaking at a party rally on Sunday, said South African President Jacob Zuma could visit soon.

Zuma's spokesperson did not comment on a possible visit by his boss, but said in a statement that a delegation of mediators sent by Zuma was leaving for Zimbabwe on Sunday.

Tsvangirai boycotted the unity government for three weeks, returning in early November after receiving assurances Zuma would intervene to help resolve a number of issues.

Those include charges that forces loyal to pearl jewelry President Robert Mugabe were attacking Tsvangirai's supporters.