Three Chinese Communist Party Leaders Step Down
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BEIJING, Oct. 21 -- The Chinese Communist Party announced Sunday that three of its most powerful leaders were retiring, making way for a new generation including the eventual successor of President Hu Jintao as head of the world's most populous nation.
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Jiang Zemin, China&#39;s military chief and longtime senior leader, may formally step down on Sunday, putting President Hu Jintao in full command of the Chinese Army, state and
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The president of the governing Workers' Party said Friday he was stepping down in the wake of a corruption scandal that had battered Brazil's president during his re-election campaign.
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Former president Jiang Zemin gave up  the top job in China's military on Sunday, handing over his  last post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to complete a  historic leadership transition to a younger generation.
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Analysts say ChinaÂs rulers are trying to shake up the leadership and wipe out resistance to their policy agenda.
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Jiang Zemin, head of China&#39;s military and former president, may step down on Sunday, handing full power to his successor, Hu Jintao.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has dismissed the heads of three more regions.
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BEIJING -- In a major political tremor within China's ruling Communist Party, Shanghai's top party boss has been sacked on corruption charges stemming from a pension fund scandal.
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China's ruling Communist Party unveiled on Monday a new leadership line-up, including two men likely to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and government head Premier Wen Jiabao.
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Secrecy shrouded a meeting of China's  Communist Party for a third day Saturday, but a Hong Kong  newspaper added to speculation that military chief Jiang Zemin  would give up his last post and complete the succession to  party chief and president Hu Jintao.
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The Communist Party secretary of   Shanghai has been dismissed for corruption, state media   announced on Monday, the highest official to be felled by a   graft probe since Hu Jintao became national party boss in 2002.
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Romanian President Ion Iliescu steps down after elections today in what some hail as the final exit of Europe&#39;s last reigning communist-era leader from the political scene.
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Former Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin has stepped down from his final post of the Communist Party of China, handing over the Party&#39;s top military position to President Hu Jintao.
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Description: Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin steps down as the head of the Chinese military, completing the first orderly handover of power in the history of the Chinese communist state.
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China's Communist Party expels nine officials and businessmen over a big Shanghai corruption scandal.
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BEIJING President Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China&#39;s military chief and de facto top leader on Sunday, completing the first orderly transfer of power in Chinese Communist Party history, state media announced.
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The chairman of Taiwan's ruling DPP party, You Shyi-kun, resigns after being charged with corruption.