NAACP President Quits, Cites Conflicts
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Bruce S. Gordon, the former telecom executive who was named NAACP president in a surprise choice less than two years ago, has resigned after a long-running disagreement with the group's 64-member board over how to steward the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization.
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A relative of Mahatma Gandhi has resigned from a peace institute after drawing condemnation for comments he made in an online forum that Israel and Jews "are the biggest players" in a global culture of violence.
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CNN's chief news executive Eason Jordan quit on Friday over remarks he made in Switzerland last month about journalists killed in Iraq, possibly by U.S. forces, the television network said.
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The leader of the main opposition party in South Africa, Tony Leon, is to step down after 13 years.
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African Union Chairman John Kufuor quit Kenya on Thursday without a deal to end a political crisis that has killed 500 people, leaving the president and opposition leader accusing each other of wrecking talks.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe - A Zimbabwean archbishop who was an outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe before becoming embroiled in a sex scandal said yesterday he has resigned, but vowed to continue championing his countrymen facing political and economic crises.
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WASHINGTON - The NAACP revealed Friday that the Internal Revenue Service has warned the 95-year-old civil rights organization that it might lose its tax-exempt status because it publicized a speech by its chairman that criticized the performance of
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WASHNGTON -- The NAACP did not violate the conditions of its tax-exempt status when its chairman gave a speech that criticized President Bush, according to a newly released letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the civil rights group.
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The popular doughnut-making company said Daryl G. Brewster was leaving his position for personal reasons.
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CNN's chief news executive Eason  Jordan quit on Friday over remarks he made in Switzerland last  month about journalists killed in Iraq, possibly by U.S.  forces, the television network said.
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Lech Walesa quits the Solidarity movement he led during its struggle against communism.
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A North Carolina district attorney who pursued sex charges against three Duke University lacrosse players said on Friday he would resign from office as he faced ethics charges over his handling of the case.
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The head of the nation's second largest teachers union is stepping down.
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These days, civil rights leaders are struggling to be heard. NAACP chairman Julian Bond has been trying, to no avail, to get the attention of one leader in particular: President Bush.
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NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon is quitting the civil rights organization, leaving after just 19 months at the helm, he told The Associated Press Sunday.
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The former head of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned in a row about his companion's promotion, said on Monday he had been forced to quit because emotions at the organization had become "overheated".
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The NAACP is close to making a deal to move its headquarters from Baltimore to the nation's capital, District of Columbia officials and the civil rights group's president said Monday.