HKMA's Yam to step down in 2009: sources
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Joseph Yam will step down as chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the territory's de-facto central bank, in 2009, government sources said on Sunday.
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State television and radio of Burmaâs military junta, State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) announced on 19 October that its âPrime Ministerâ General Khin Nyunt had retired for âhealth reasonsâ and been replaced by Lieutenant General Soe Win
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OTTAWA (CP) - Beleaguered Immigration Minister Judy Sgro will resign from cabinet Friday, kicking off a mini-shuffle that will see her replaced by Human Resources Minister Joe Volpe.
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Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman Philip W. Johnston said last night that he plans to step down this winter as the party&#39;s leader after serving four
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NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is stepping down after leading the US civil rights organization for nine years, media reports said Tuesday.
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, seen as a relative pragmatist, and replaced him with a general who has taken a hard line in dealing with the country's pro-democracy movement.    Myanmar's state radio and television announced Tuesday that Prime Minister Gen...
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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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WebMethods Inc. said yesterday that its chief financial officer plans to step down at the end of December, adding to the list of leaders who have resigned from the Fairfax software company in the past two years.
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Lord Peter Goldsmith, the British government&#39;s senior legal advisor whose time in office was marked by several controversies, said Friday he would step down next week, alongside Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Botswana&#39;s President Festus Mogae has announced that he is to stand down next year after a decade at the helm of the diamond-rich southern African nation.
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Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is to step down after six years in office, it is announced.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang formally announces that he will run for a second term in office.
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Thailand's ousted prime minister resigned this week, but his populist ideals may influence his successors.
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EBay CEO Meg Whitman is planning to step down from the company she has led for the past 10 years, The Wall Street Journal said today.
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Beijing (AsiaNews) - Sources in the Chinese capital revealed to AsiaNews that Jiang Zemin is going to step down tomorrow as chairman of the Central Military Commission, making way for President Hu Jintao to become the mainland&#39;s undisputed leader.
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Press freedom in Hong Kong has declined since the former British colony's return to Chinese rule a decade ago, according to a report by the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.