Sri Lankan quits as UN leadership race nears end
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By Evelyn LeopoldUNITED NATIONS - Sri Lanka withdrew its candidate on Friday from the race to succeed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as all signs pointed to South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon getting ...Comment
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The former SDLP Lord Mayor of Belfast announces that he will be retiring from Northern Ireland politics.
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The chief organizer of the 2006 Turin Olympics is quitting in a power struggle with the Italian government, just 15 months before the start of the Winter Games.
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Senior British politician Paddy Ashdown has withdrawn his candidacy for the role of United Nations representative in Afghanistan, he said in a statement Sunday.
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THE US ambassador to the United Nations, John Danforth, has resigned less than six months after becoming the diplomatic face of Washington at the world body.
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WASHINGTON - John Danforth, US ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned after five months on the job, saying he wanted to spend more time with his wife.
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A cross-party initiative to forge consensus for devolution aimed at ending civil war will collapse unless Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his party compromise, a top official said on Monday.
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A MAJOR Sunni political party has quit the interim Iraqi Government in protest over the US assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, the party&#39;s leader said yesterday.
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Sri Lankan security forces clashed with Tamil Tiger separatists and exchanged artillery fire in the north as Norwegian-led monitors began pulling out before a truce runs out, officials said Sunday.
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The Thai opposition leader quits as Thaksin Shinawatra's party looks set to win enough votes to rule alone.
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John Danforth, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has resigned after less than six months in the job, it was disclosed on Thursday.
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The leader of the main opposition party in South Africa, Tony Leon, is to step down after 13 years.
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Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra quits as leader of the political party he founded and built up, Thai Rak Thai.
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Japan's defence minister quits following a row over remarks he made about the US atomic attacks during World War II.
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"The legal process will now kick in."  The Sri Lankan government Wednesday announced it was formally withdrawing from the Norwegian-arranged ceasefire agreement with Tamil Tiger rebels, presidential spokesman Chandrapala Liyanage told AFP. via The Age
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India's candidate to be UN secretary-general, Shashi Tharoor, is "disappointed" after pulling out of the race.
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The United Nations police  chief in Kosovo resigned on Wednesday at the request of the  province's U.N. governor following the deaths of two Albanian  demonstrators in a weekend protest rally.