Jiang Zemin resigns; gives up military control
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Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China yesterday as the country completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post.
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The leader of the Bosnian Serb government, Dragan Mikerevic, resigned Friday to protest what he described as unconstitutional interference in his government&#39;s affairs by the country&#39;s Western administrator.
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Chinese greeted the news on Sunday that ageing leader Jiang Zemin had retired from politics for good with kind words about the outgoing commander-in-chief and high hopes for the future under his successor, Hu Jintao.
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China's Communist Party is due to wrap up a four-day meeting on Sunday at which military chief Jiang Zemin is expected to give up his last post, completing a historic leadership succession.
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Sunday&#39;s departure of Jiang Zemin as head of China&#39;s military was a surprise, though rumors of a power struggle with
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Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander-in-chief of Cuba's military on Tuesday, according to a letter published by state-run newspaper Granma.
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Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing resigns for personal reasons, the government announces.
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Hu Jintao became the undisputed leader of China as the country completed its first orderly transfer of power in the communist era on Sunday with the departure of former President Jiang Zemin from his top military post -- giving a new generation a freer
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's tough but pragmatic prime minister was removed from power yesterday by his hard-line army colleagues, clouding prospects for the freedom of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy in the military-led Southeast Asian nation.
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Pakistan &#39;s caretaker prime minister has resigned and his cabinet dissolved in a formality to allow the finance minister to take over as head of the government.
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THE first seeds of Mr Jiang Zemin&#39;s decision to relinquish the powerful post of China&#39;s military chief were probably sown during a private retreat at Beidaihe in July.
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Benazir Bhutto said Pakistanâs president agreed to resign as army chief as part of a deal that would allow him to serve another term as president if he is re-elected.
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A senior Israeli army commander has resigned in the wake of a reported row with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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The opposition Kuomintang party won a landslide victory as President Chen Shui-bian resigned as chairman of the governing Democratic Progressive Party to take responsibility for the loss.
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HARDLINERS in Burma&#39;s military regime were consolidating their control of the country yesterday after ousting the Prime Minister, painting a gloomy prospect for the release of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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China&#39;s former Communist Party chief and president, Jiang Zemin, plans to leave government, resigning from his last official position.
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President Musharraf takes control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons away from the prime minister.