Wilson to bow out of politics
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Former Scotland Office minister Brian Wilson is to stand down at the next general election, it emerges.
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Lech Walesa quits the Solidarity movement he led during its struggle against communism.
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House Republicans voted to abandon a party rule that requires a member of the leadership to step aside if indicted.
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A number of famous faces are quitting frontline politics alongside Blair.
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Britain&#039;s beleaguered deputy premier said Wednesday he would give up his official country residence after recently acknowledging an extramarital affair with his secretary.
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Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is to step down when Tony Blair quits as prime minister, he announces.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to confirm that he will not stand for re-election when he appears on television on Sunday, marking the end of a political career spanning more than four decades.
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Ex-chat show host Robert Kilroy-Silk is to announce whether he is quitting the UK Independence Party .
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By bowing out now, the GOP conservative leaves his options open for 2012
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who fanned partisanship during much of his reign, preached the need for the two parties to work together as he bid farewell to the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
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BusinessWeek Online - The nearly 10-year reign of British Prime Minister Tony Blair is coming to an end. The longtime leader of the Labour Party has been publicly humiliated by members of his own party and government. On Sept. 6, eight junior figures in his government resigned. "It is with the greatest sadness that I have to say that I no longer believe that your remaining in office is in the interest of either the party or the country," wrote one, Tom Watson, a non-Cabinet-level defense minister.
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Australia's opposition Labor leader Mark Latham has announced his resignation from the job he has held for only 13 months and says he is bowing out of public life completely on health grounds.
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&quot;I have decided to announce my decision to retire from international rugby with England with immediate effect,&quot; he told a news conference at Twickenham on Tuesday.
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Britain's Tony Blair will step down as Prime Minister in July 2007 after more than 10 years leading his country, a newspaper reported Wednesday after two ministers acknowledged he was likely to leave office next year.
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The chief White House spokesman today announced plans to leave his post on Sept. 14.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair left his Downing Street official residence for the last time Wednesday, heading for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation after a decade in office.
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Cabinet Office minister Hilary Armstrong announces she will step down as a minister once Tony Blair resigns.