Taiwan opposition leader resigns
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The head of Taiwan's main opposition party, Ma Ying-jeou, resigns after fraud charges.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has sparked furious protests from China.
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Malawi's president resigns from the ruling party saying he is fed up of criticism about his crack down on corruption.
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Ireland's deputy prime minister stunned party colleagues Thursday by announcing she was quitting as leader of the Progressive Democrats after 13 years in charge.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned on Wednesday after less than a year in power, falling victim to a string of scandals that hampered his reform agenda and sent his popularity plummeting.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday, clearing the way for new ruling party leader Yasuo Fukuda to be named by parliament as his successor.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and his Democratic Progressive Party should give up on the Taiwan ``independence&#39;&#39; movement, a senior Chinese official said.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan  -- Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won a landslide victory in legislative elections Saturday, dealing a humiliating blow to the government's hardline China policies two months before a presidential poll.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra quit as head of his 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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CANBERRA, Australia  - The leader of Australia's opposition Labour party announced Tuesday he will quit politics because of ill health.
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Thai Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula quits,  blaming infighting in the military-backed government.
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BEIJING, Feb. 13 -- Ma Ying-jeou, leader of Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party, was indicted on corruption charges Tuesday, seriously undermining his aspiration to become the self-ruled island's next president.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he would resign, ending a year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.
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Algeria's prime minister submits the resignation of his cabinet, a move expected after last month's  elections.
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The Kenyan anti-corruption supremo steps down just days after the government was accused of "massive looting".
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SEOUL The chairman of Korea&#39;s governing party resigned on Thursday after it was disclosed that he had covered up his late father&#39;s military service during Japan&#39;s colonial rule.