Disgraced Seoul party boss quits
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party admits his father worked for Japan's military, and resigns.
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A newly-appointed Thai economics chief resigns after protests over his links to the former prime minister.
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Australia's Labor leader Mark Latham has announced his resignation as leader of the opposition, after only 13 months in the job, and his bowing out of public life, due to poor health.
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The chief executive of Microsoft Corp&#39;s   Greater China business, Chen Yongzheng, has resigned,  the world&#39;s largest software maker said on Wednesday.
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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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Thomas Holtrop has quit as head of Germany's second-biggest travel and tourism group Thomas Cook following a row with other board members.
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The president of troubled retailer Daiei announced his resignation Friday, two days after he was forced by lenders to seek a government bailout.
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The president of the governing Workers' Party said Friday he was stepping down in the wake of a corruption scandal that had battered Brazil's president during his re-election campaign.
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SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il recently purged his brother-in-law from the government, removing a powerful party official who was thought to be a possible rival to Kim and his sons, South Korean intelligence officials have reported.
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A senior Hong Kong hospital official who was criticized for his performance during the SARS crisis will resign at the end of the year.
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The chairman of Nigeria's ruling party resigns following a bitter row with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Suriname&#39;s youngest government minister said she had resigned on Tuesday after charges she tried to spend $13,000 (6,700 pounds) in government money on a lavish 30th birthday party, featuring catering by her mother.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra quit as head of the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party on Tuesday, signaling the de facto collapse of a political machine that had dominated the country until last month's coup.
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Japanâs new agriculture minister resigned Monday, only a week after his appointment, because of a scandal involving misuse of farm subsidies.
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South Korea's opposition on Friday dismissed President Roh Moo-Hyun's decision to leave his ruling Uri Party as a &quot;political circus.&quot;
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Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek says he will resign after admitting being featured in a sex video.
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Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra quits his role as leader of the Thai Rak Thai party.