Lebanese PM resigns amid political crisis
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Lebanon&#39;s billionaire Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri has resigned, bringing to a head a political crisis that has paralysed the country for weeks.
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Macedonia's parliament Thursday formally accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Hari Kostov, who stepped down earlier this week following tensions with minority Albanian politicians in his government.
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ARIEL SHARONâS shaky government was in turmoil last night after the Israeli Prime Minister sacked the junior partner from his ruling coalition.
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A government minister resigned Tuesday after police named him as a suspect in the death of a Canadian woman at their shared home in the Pakistani capital.
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Lebanon&#39;s Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri resigned Wednesday and said he would not form a new government, following a widely opposed constitutional change to keep the Syrian-backed president in office.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas resigned on Thursday in a procedural move aimed at launching a unity government with President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, an official in Haniyeh's office told Reuters.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed in his resignation after his fragile centre left coalition lost a crucial parliament vote.Comment
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Macedonian Prime Minister Hari Kostov resigned Monday over a minority party dispute and Parliament is expected to decide on the resignation Thursday.
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The new head of the ruling political party in France has resigned his post as finance minister, one day after taking over the party.
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A sea of flag-waving protesters demanded on Friday the resignation of Lebanon's Western-backed government at a Hezbollah-led rally, but Prime Minister Fouad Siniora appeared unmoved by the pressure.
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Lebanon's political crisis deepened this weekend after the failure for the 10th time by rival parties to agree on a way to elect a President
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BEIRUT  - Pro-Syrian Lebanese President Emile Lahoud named former premier Omar Karameh to succeed Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, who resigned a day earlier amid international criticism of the influence Damascus wields over its tiny neighbour.
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri submitted his cabinet's resignation Wednesday and said he would not form a new government.
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Nicolas Sarkozy resigned as finance minister Monday, a day after accepting the leadership of France&#39;s conservative party and effectively becoming a rival to his old boss, President Jacques Chirac.
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Outgoing Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt resigned on Monday, clearing the way for his likely successor to start the tough task of forming a stable government after Sunday's general election.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Wednesday announced his resignation to pave the way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz,the prime minister-designate.
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Lebanon's political crisis worsened Friday with government ministers fearing for their lives after the murder of one of their own, businesses on strike and Hezbollah renewing threats of protests.