Kuchma sacks three more governors
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has dismissed the heads of three more regions, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Wednesday.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has sacked 11 chiefs of district state administrations of Ukraine.
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The Russian leader today called for new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system.
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Kazakhstan's health minister and a  regional governor were fired on Wednesday following the deaths  of at least four babies and the infection of at least 55  children with the HIV virus, an official said.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma sacked his defense minister on Wednesday for failing to deal with hundreds of thousands of tons of Soviet-era weapons and ammunition that he said threaten the country's ...
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A Russian governor has become the first to break ranks over Kremlin plans to abolish elected regional heads and replace them with appointees, attacking the proposals as &quot;undemocratic and unconstitutional&quot;.
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Among the locals, retired truck driver Pyotr Gagarin says he's known as a man who doesn't mince his words. Now he's known around Russia as a man who called his governor "scum" and wound up accused of extremism.
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Three of 13 members quit over executive compensation issues.
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The governor of Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province resigns, amid continuing violence.
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For a new governor, the first days on the job offer a tantalizing menu of ways to diminish a predecessor's imprint: staff can be fired, appointments rescinded, and pet programs scrapped.
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President Vladimir Putin on Monday set rules for naming governors of Russia's 8 9 regions after pushing through a law that abolished their direct election amid a continuing consolidation of power by the Kremlin.
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The Our Ukraine parliamentary faction has demanded the dismissal of the interior minister, the prosecutor general, and the heads of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Transcarpathian and Sumy regional ...
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Changes to the Maryland football coaching staff continue when Coach Ralph Friedgen fires third-year wide receivers coach Bryan Bossard.
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By Bill Salisbury and Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Dec. 19--Gov. Tim Pawlenty named three new state agency heads on Monday -- and didn't reach far to find them.   Pawlenty promoted former state Rep.
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Sept. 10, 2004 - The number of governor&#39;s offices receiving suspicious letters grew to at least eight Friday, the day after one that had been rigged to ignite when opened prompted evacuations at the Montana Capitol.
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Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma has formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister of Ukraine, the presidential press service said.
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The Marseilles president, Christophe Bouchet, resigned yesterday while former Japan manager Philippe Troussier was in &quot;advanced talks&quot; to replace Jose Anigo as the French club&#39;s coach.