Top British Official Resigns Amid Scandal
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A cabinet minister embroiled in the messy fallout of an affair with a married woman resigned Wednesday, his department said.
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Head of the Czech government office Pavel Pribyl resigns after a protest over his record as a senior police officer.
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The Tanzanian prime minister has resigned over a corruption scandal involving a contract between his office and a U.S.-based firm, he said on Thursday.
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The chairman of Hewlett Packard is stepping down amid controversy over a probe into leaks at the firm.
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Boris Johnson, one of the most colourful figures in British politics, was axed from the front bench of the main opposition Conservative Party amid press reports that he lied about an affair.
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Thailand's deposed premier resigned from his once all-powerful party in a letter faxed from London on Tuesday, after more than 200 colleagues quit the organization in the wake of a military coup.
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Britain&#39;s top law enforcement officer, a key member of Tony Blair&#39;s Cabinet, resigned Wednesday after acknowledging that his department fast-tracked a visa for his former lover&#39;s nanny.
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A minister resigned Monday, days after her brother's arrest for helping paramilitaries.
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Israel's police chief resigns after a government commission says he should go over alleged misconduct.
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Canada's top policeman resigned his post on Wednesday, a day after he admitted misleading legislators about how the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had botched the case of a Canadian man deported to Syria by U.S. agents.
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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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British Home Secretary David Blunkett resigned Wednesday over allegations that he abused his power to help his ex-lover&#39;s nanny get a visa.
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The chairman of the BBC, Michael Grade, has resigned to take the top job at ITV, the public service broadcaster's main commercial competitor, both companies have announced.
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The chairman of the BBC, Michael Grade, has resigned to take the top job at ITV, the public service broadcaster's main commercial but struggling competitor.
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Another Justice Department official involved in the controversial firings of federal prosecutors is resigning, the department said on Friday.
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The head of the Child Support Agency has resigned amid widespread criticism of the body's work.
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LONDON -- One of Britain's most powerful and popular Cabinet secretaries resigned his post yesterday after admitting his office had fast-tracked a visa application for his married lover's nanny.