SA opposition leader to step down
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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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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC elected Jacob Zuma as its new leader on Tuesday, dumping President Thabo Mbeki and putting the populist Zuma on course to lead the country in 2009.
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Former deputy prime minister John Prescott confirmed Monday he will stand down as a member of parliament at the next general election.
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The head of Taiwan's main opposition party, Ma Ying-jeou, resigns after being accused of fraud.
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Australia's main opposition party on Monday elected a new leader in a bid to end Prime Minister John Howard's 11-year winning streak.
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Calm and measured, the new deputy president of the African National Congress could find himself at the top of South African politics if corruption charges force his boss to step down.
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Australia's opposition Labor Party leader Mark Latham is to resign all his posts, citing health grounds.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - South Africa's ruling ANC chose a leader on Tuesday, a vote in which Jacob Zuma was expected to oust President Thabo Mbeki as party head and put himself on course for the presidency.
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Australia's opposition Labor leader Mark Latham has announced his resignation from the job he has held for only 13 months and says he is bowing out of public life completely on health grounds.
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Tommy Sheridan tenders his resignation as leader of the Scottish Socialist Party with immediate effect.
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The charges against the new leader of South Africaâs dominant party could precipitate a political crisis.
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Veteran Labour MP and ex-Cabinet minister Jack Cunningham says he will stand down at the election.
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He was once seen as a leader who brooked no argument but Thabo Mbeki's authority within the ANC is showing clear signs of waning in the twilight of his time as head of South Africa's ruling party.
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Namibia&#39;s founding President Sam Nujoma is to stand down in March after this week&#39;s elections, but will remain a lynchpin of his country&#39;s politics as president of the ruling SWAPO party.
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Terry Madden will step down as leader of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, ending a seven-year stint running the country's main line of defense against doping in sports.
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South Africa's security minister proposes disbanding the FBI-style Scorpions special investigations unit.
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Australia's opposition Labor party appears poised to dump its leader Mark Latham amid rising demands he be replaced for failing to answer questions about his political judgment and his health.