Lebanon PM Resigns, Says Will Not Head New Govt
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri  resigned Wednesday, declining to form a new government that  will face international pressure over Syria's interference in  Lebanese affairs.
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The head of the Arab League said Saturday that he was leaving Lebanon after failing to get the country's feuding politicians to agree on a plan to elect a new president and end the deepening political crisis.
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The prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik al-Hariri, resigned yesterday, declining to form a new government that would face international pressure over Syria&#39;s interference in Lebanese affairs.
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The resignation of their billionaire Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri, has left the Lebanese worried about the future of their country as it becomes entrenched in a stand-off with the UN.
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BEIRUT -- Four Cabinet ministers resigned yesterday to protest the extension of President Emile Lahoud's term, part of a bruising political battle that divided allies and drew the attention of the UN Security Council. The ministers' resignations were not expected to bring down the 30-member government of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. But they prompted Lahoud to convene a meeting with ...
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Macedonian Prime Minister Hari Kostov submitted his resignation to parliament on Monday, citing policy disputes and a lack of "teamwork" within the ruling coalition in the former Yugoslav republic.
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Lebanon&#39;s President Emile Lahoud held consultations with parliament today before naming a new prime minister to form a cabinet that faces tough economic and diplomatic tasks.
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Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a short ago announced he would not be implementing his ultimatum which would lead to his resignation from the cabinet.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned as head of an emergency government and was immediately appointed Saturday to lead an interim Cabinet, after a state of emergency imposed after Hamas' Gaza takeover expired.
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Environment minister Fares Boueiz resigns over Emile Lahoud's being allowed a second presidential term.
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Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned, dissolved his Cabinet and made the surprising announcement he would not try to form the next government, dropping out of the political scene at a time when Syria's role in Lebanon is being challenged by the United Nations.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and his cabinet have resigned after weeks of political uncertainty. He submitted the resignation to President Emile Lahoud during a brief meeting at the presidential palace.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi of Somalia resigned yesterday after weeks of mounting tensions inside the Horn of Africa nation's transitional government and a power struggle with the president.
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Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Santana announced Saturday the resignation of his government, one day after Portuguese president said he would dissolve parliament and call an early vote.
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BEIRUT, Oct. 21 -- Lebanon's president appointed a staunchly pro-Syrian politician, Omar Karami, as prime minister on Thursday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria's hold on Lebanese politics.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon resigned yesterday in a sign of deepening divisions within Lebanon's fragile government over the decisive role that Syria, its larger and more powerful neighbor, plays in its political life.
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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.