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 Nigeria |
Acting president dissolves cabinet| Goodluck Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua | |
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| Mar. 9 |
Nigeria |
Security chief replaced after massacre
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| Mar. 5 |
 Chile |
Chile sacks official over tsunami alert Chile has sacked Mariano Rojas, the head of its oceanographic service, part of the navy, following the devastationg earthquake and tsunami
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| Mar. 1 |
Moscow |
Medvedev rips Olympic 'fat cats'
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| Feb. 19 |
Netherlands |
Cabinet collapses in Afghan dispute
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| Jan.7 |
Argentina |
President dismisses central bank governor
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| Dec.22 |
Iran |
Opposition leader loses job |
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| Nov.27 |
 Berlin |
2nd German official quits over airstrike Former Defense Minister and current Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung has resigned over a fatal Afghan airstrike ordered by German forces
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| Nov.26 |
Berlin |
Top soldier quits over Afghanistan raid |
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| Nov.19 |
Honduras |
De facto president to step down |
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| Nov.5 |
 West Bank |
Abbas 'will not seek re-election' Palestinian Authority President has announced that he will not seek re-election in polls in January
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| Nov.4 |
Paraguay |
Military brass sacked amid coup rumors |
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| Sep.30 |
Kabul |
Afghan sacking 'sends bad signal' |
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| Sep.5 |
Washington |
Embattled Obama adviser resigns |
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Western China |
Leaders axed after rioting |
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| Aug.17 |
North Caucasus |
Police chief axed over suicide blast |
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| Jul.26 |
Alaska |
Palin resigns governorship |
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| Jul.3 |
Alaska |
Governor Palin to resign |
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| Jun.8 |
London |
Pressure on PM as another minister quits
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| Jun.4 |
 London |
Minister quits, calls for Brown's resignation 
Prime Minister said he was 'disappointed' over the resignation of James Purnell. In his letter of resignation Purnell also called on Brown to step aside
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| Jun.3 |
London |
Brown attacked after Blears quits |
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| Jun.2 |
London |
Home secretary Smith to step down |
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| May.19 |
London |
Speaker quits 'for sake of unity' Michael Martin has told MPs he intends to stand down, so becoming the first Commons Speaker to be forced out of office for 300 years
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| May.11 |
Washington |
US sacks top Afghanistan general |
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| Apr.9 |
London |
Police chief quits over blunder |
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| Apr.1 |
Malaysia |
Prime minister resigns |
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| Mar.17 |
Madagascar |
President Ravalomanana steps down |
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| Mar.2 |
Cuba |
Cuban shake-up claims key figures |
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| Feb.23 |
Greece |
3 quit in wake of helicopter prison break |
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| Feb.16 |
Japan |
Finance minister to resign |
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| Jan.29 |
Chicago |
Illinois governor guilty of abuse |
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| Jan.7 |
Pakistan |
Pakistan sacks security advisor |
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| Dec.29 |
Somalia |
President quits amid power struggle
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| Nov.30 |
Mumbai |
Mumbai state head offers to quit |
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| Nov.29 |
New Delhi |
Home Minister 'quits' over Mumbai attacks |
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| Oct.27 |
Georgia |
Saakashvili dismisses Prime Minister |
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| Sep.23 |
South Africa |
11 ministers resign |
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| Sep.21 |
 South Africa |
Mbeki resigns as president| Thabo Mbeki has formally resigned, a day after accepting a call by the governing African National Congress to resign. In a TV address, Mr Mbeki said he had submitted ... | |
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 Jerusalem |
Israeli PM Olmert declares intent to resign Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, dogged by allegations of corruption, formally announced his intention to resign at a Cabinet meeting
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| Sep.20 |
South Africa |
President Mbeki 'to quit' |
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| Sep.1 |
Japan |
Beleaguered PM Fukuda resigns
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| Aug.18 |
 Pakistan |
Musharraf resigns Pakistani President announced his resignation Monday after weeks of pressure to relinquish power
| Pervez Musharraf told the nation in a TV address that he would step down. Sumroo, speaker of the Senate and a political ally of Musharraf, will lead the country until a new election is held by parliament. It is unclear whether Musharraf, who took power in a coup in 1999, will face prosecution now that he is out of power
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| May.26 |
Canada |
Foreign minister resigns |
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| Apr.12 |
Haiti |
Prime minister ousted over food prices |
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| Apr.6 |
USA |
Clinton's chief strategist Mark Penn quits |
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| Apr.2 |
Ireland |
PM to quit over payments scandal
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| Mar.18 |
India |
Dalai Lama 'to resign' if violence worsens |
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| Mar.12 |
 New York |
Scandal-hit governor resigns Eliot Spitzer has resigned, after being linked to a prostitution ring. Flanked by his wife, he told he could not allow 'private failings' to disrupt public work
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| Mar.11 |
Washington |
US Mid-East commander steps down |
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| Feb.19 |
 Cuba |
Castro resigns as president Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president and commander in chief of the military , according to a letter published in the Granma
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| Jan.24 |
 Rome |
Prodi resigns after losing vote The Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, has resigned after being defeated in a vote of confidence in the upper house of parliament, the Senate
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| Jan.23 |
Rome |
PM under pressure to quit |
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| Jan.13 |
South Africa |
Scandal-hit Interpol chief quits
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| Dec.17 |
Cuba |
Fidel Castro hints at retirement
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| Nov.27 |
Rawalpindi |
Musharraf steps down as army chief 
Map of Rawalpindi Pakistan In a highly emotional speech, Pakistani President stepped down from his position as army chief, announcing his retirement
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| Nov.23 |
 Beirut |
Lahoud steps down; no successor Lebanese President has left the presidential palace after not naming a successor, and is calling on the army to preserve the nation's securi...
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| Nov.5 |
Venezuela |
Ex-general breaks with Chavez |
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| Oct.20 |
Iran |
Iran's nuclear negotiator resigns
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| Sep.17 |
Pakistan |
Musharraf to 'give up army post' |
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| Sep.11 |
 Japan |
PM Abe resigns Prime Minister's year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat
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| Aug.27 |
Washington |
Attorney General Gonzales resigns
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| Aug.13 |
Washington |
Top White House aide Rove resigns |
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| Jul.31 |
Japan |
Scandal-hit farm minister resigns |
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| May.17 |
Washington |
World Bank head Wolfowitz to quit After lengthy talks with the bank's board, Paul Wolfowitz said he would quit the global lending body on 30 June
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| May.10 |
Northern England |
Blair: My political journey is over
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| Apr.27 |
Washington |
USAID chief resigns over 'madam' |
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| Feb.22 |
Rome |
Italian crisis talks as PM quits President Giorgio Napolitano is to begin crisis talks following the resignation of Prime Minister Romano Prodi
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| Jan.26 |
Guinea |
President Lansana Conte 'to cede powers' |
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| Jan.24 |
Jerusalem |
President: I'm not guilty, I won't resign
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Jerusalem |
President to stand down temporarily |
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| Jan.16 |
Jerusalem |
Military chief quits over war performance
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| Dec.4 |
UN |
Controversial US envoy Bolton quits post
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| Nov.10 |
Palestine |
Palestinian PM offers to resign
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| Nov.8 |
Washington |
Bush replaces Rumsfeld by Gates President former CIA chief introduced Robert Gates as his nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense
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| Sep.26 |
London |
It's hard to let go, admits Blair |
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| Sep.7 |
London |
Blair: I will resign within a year Prime Minister has refused to set a date for his departure
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| Jul.31 |
Cuba |
Castro hands power to brother| President Fidel Castro was undergoing a surgery and provisionally handed over power to his younger brother Raul. Cuban television: Fidel Castro's health situation is 'stable' and he is in 'good spirits'
The message from Castro said: 'I... | |
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| Jun.25 |
East Timor |
PM ready to resign |
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| May.5 |
London |
Embattled Blair axes top ministers |
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CIA |
Porter Goss resigns as CIA chief |
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| May.2 |
Rome |
Berlusconi hands in resignation |
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| Apr.15 |
Washington |
Rumsfeld resignation row simmers |
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| Apr.4 |
Thailand |
Prime minister Thaksin to resign |
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| Dec.27 |
Moscow |
Illarionov, outspoken Putin aide, to quit |
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| Nov.9 |
Jerusalem |
Peres ousted as Labor Party chief |
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| Oct.28 |
Washington |
Lewis Libby quits Cheney office
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| Sep.12 |
Washington |
Emergencies chief steps down
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| Sep.9 |
Washington |
US emergency aid chief sidelined |
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| Jun.6 |
Bolivia |
President Carlos Mesa submits resignation |
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| Jun.1 |
UN |
Stephanides fired over oil scandal
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| Mar.10 |
Hong Kong |
Tung Chee-hwa resigns |
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| Mar.4 |
Ukraine |
Ex-minister 'kills self' |
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| Dec.31 |
Kiev |
PM Yanukovych resigns |
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| Nov.9 |
Washington |
Attorney general Ashcroft quits cabinet |
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| Jun.26 |
Pakistan |
Prime minister resigns |
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| Jun.3 |
CIA |
Tenet resigns as CIA director
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| May.13 |
 New Delhi |
Vajpayee resigns after poll upset Prime Minister is ending his nearly 6 years in power. Sonia Gandhi is set to be next Prime Minister
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| Feb.29 |
 Haiti |
Aristide quits, flees Haiti| President resigned and left his embattled nation 'to prevent bloodshed,' according to a statement read by Prime Minister | |
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| Jan.28 |
London |
BBC chairman quits over Hutton |
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| Jan.23 |
Washington |
US chief Iraq arms expert quits |
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| Dec.12 |
Canada |
Chretien stepped down for Paul Martin
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| Nov.23 |
Georgia |
Shevardnadze resigns
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| Oct.20 |
Jordan |
PM Resigns |
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| Oct.17 |
Bolivia |
President Sanchez resigns |
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| Sep.6 |
West Bank |
Abbas offers resignation
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| Aug.29 |
London |
Campbel, Blair's right-hand man, quits |
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| Aug.11 |
Liberia |
Taylor quits under pressure
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| Jul.11 |
Italy |
Tourist minister 'resigns' over German jibe |
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| Jul.6 |
Liberia |
Taylor agrees to leave |
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| Dec.6 |
Washington |
Treasury chief O'Neill, Lindsey resigned |
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| Nov.13 |
 Beijing |
Zemin, 5 other leaders stepping down Only one senior leader, Vice President Hu Jintao, 59, had been re-elected to new Central Committee
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| Jul.10 |
South Korea |
Prime minister replaced |
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| Apr.11 |
Venezuela |
President to resign |
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| Dec.30 |
Argentina |
Interim President resigns |
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| Dec.20 |
Argentina |
President resigns
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| Jun.30 |
Northern Ireland |
Trimble has quit |
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| Apr.5 |
Japan |
Mori confirms plans to resign |
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| Feb.20 |
Israel |
Barak Quits |
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| Jan.10 |
Berlin |
2 ministers quit over mad cow crisis |
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| Nov.20 |
Peru |
Fujimori resigns
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