Head of Iran soccer federation is fired
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Sports officials have dismissed the head of Iran&#039;s soccer federation over the country&#039;s poor showing at the World Cup, state-run television reported.
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Cameroon fired coach Winfried Schaefer on Wednesday, just three hours after his team lost to Germany 3-0 in an international friendly, the country&#39;s soccer federation said.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador national soccer coach Juan Ramon Paredes was fired Saturday following two recent defeats in World Cup qualifying games.
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The United Nations  administrator of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province fired the  U.N. police chief on Wednesday following the deaths of two  Albanian demonstrators in a weekend protest rally.
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Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist Tuesday for publishing a cartoon that sparked riots by ethnic Azeris, the first such move since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power last year.
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Iran has expelled a German diplomat for "undiplomatic" behavior, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
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Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as president of AC Milan, the reigning Serie A champions announced in a statement.
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United States Coach Greg Ryan was fired on Monday, less than a month after his risky decision to start Briana Scurry in goal against Brazil led to the teamâs exit in the Womenâs World Cup.
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Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani was picked Tuesday to head a key clerical body empowered with choosing or dismissing the country's supreme leader &#151; a vote seen as a victory for Iran's moderate conservatives, state media reported.
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Kazakhstan's health minister and a   regional governor were fired on Wednesday following the deaths   of at least four babies and the infection of at least 55   children with the HIV virus, an official said.
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Iran reprimands Danish ambassador after newspapers in Denmark reprint  controversial cartoon of prophet Muhammad, Iranian state TV reports
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Ali Larijani, who has fronted Tehran's efforts to defuse an atomic row with the West, has resigned as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, the government's spokesman said on Saturday.
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Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator has resigned, an Iranian government spokesman has said.
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Iran's government spokesman today announced the country's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, has resigned from his post, state-run news agency IRNA reported.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has sacked finance minister Herbert Murerwa and promoted several deputies in a cabinet reshuffle announced through state radio.
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Ajax technical director Louis Van Gaal has resigned from his post following differences with the Dutch clubâs coach Ronald Koeman.
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Steve Staunton is reportedly axed as Republic of Ireland manager after an emergency meeting of the Irish Football Association.