SKorean president leaves ruling party, lame duck status deepens
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South Korea's opposition on Friday dismissed President Roh Moo-Hyun's decision to leave his ruling Uri Party as a &quot;political circus.&quot;
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North Korea appears to be reducing the level of official reverence paid to its leader Kim Jong Il, marking the first signs of a shift away from the
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's eldest son has returned to Pyongyang after living overseas and taken up a post at the ruling Workers' Party, possibly signaling a shift in succession plans, a news report said on Monday.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has resigned as chairman of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take responsibility for an election setback.
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Jiang Zemin gave up the top job in China&#39;s military last night, handing over the post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao and completing a historic leadership transition to a younger generation.
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has moved out of the non-proliferation regime for over two years now,&quot; he said. the gravity of the (South Korea&#39;s) case,&quot; suspecting US influences behind its stance.
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The chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri  Party resigned on Thursday after saying his father had served  as a military police officer during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial  rule on the peninsula.
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Thailand's new military rulers banned all political gatherings and activities at the local level Sunday, further cementing their powers, and the wife of the ousted prime minister left the country to join her husband, an airlines officials said.
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PYONGYANG, November 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Kim Jong Ilâs portraits were removed from some state offices frequented by foreigners at the initiative of the leadership of the country, an informed source in the Russian embassy in Pyongyang told Tass.
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Workers who seized the headquarters of South Korean steelmaker Posco have agreed to leave, the Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. Earlier in the day, the office of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun warned that the government may use force to expel the workers.
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In North Korea, portraits of Kim Jong Il have been taken down in what may signal significant and possibly far-reaching changes in the Stalinist leader&#39;s personality cult.
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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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Â·  Chief negotiator resigns after rift on strategyÂ·   Doubts surround future of foreign minister
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.
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Turkey's culture and tourism minister resigned from his position and left Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's political party Tuesday, the first Cabinet member to leave the government since it took power more than two years ago.
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The chairman of South Korea&#39;s ruling Uri Party resigned Thursday, an unexpected first casualty of President Roh Moo-hyun&#39;s call for an inquiry into who benefited from working with Korea&#39;s Japanese colonial rulers.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun on left for Greece on Sunday as the first leg of his 14-day swing through European countries and the U.S., Roh's office Cheong Wa Dae said.