Lebanon&#39;s prime minister ends role in government
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BEIRUT Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned, dissolved his cabinet and announced Wednesday that he would not try to form the next government, dropping out of the political scene while Syria&#39;s role in Lebanon is being challenged by the United Nations.
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At least 28 lawmakers said they will not take part in talks on forming new government started by Lebanon&#39;s president on Thursday, a day after the Cabinet of veteran Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned.
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Lebanon&#39;s Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri resigned Wednesday after the pro-Syrian president&#39;s term was extended under what lawmakers called pressure from Damascus.
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Cabinet ministers in the Hamas-led Palestinian government resigned Thursday, a step toward forming a unity government with Palestinian President Mamoud Abbas' Fatah party.
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LISBON, Portugal  - Portugal's conservative government is quitting, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announced Saturday, a day after the president dissolved the legislature and called an early general election.
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The resignation of their billionaire Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri, has left the Lebanese worried about the future of their country as it becomes entrenched in a stand-off with the UN.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s interim Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain resigned today after a short stint of nearly two months, paving the way for President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s choice Shaukat Aziz to take over the top post on Saturday.
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The prime minister of the Bosnian Serb-run half of the country resigned Friday, a day after the US government and Bosnia&#39;s top international administrator sanctioned
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A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of the government on Wednesday, weakening him at a time when he needs broad support to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of the year
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The office said Hariri would not form the next government. The outgoing prime minister has led Lebanon for most of the time since the end of the civil war in 1990.
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The Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Medgyessy, has resigned following a row with his Socialist party&#39;s liberal coalition partner.
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Budapest, August 20 (NNN): Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Medgyessy, resigned on Friday following a row with his Socialist party&#39;s liberal coalition partner, the Free Democrats (SZDSZ), over a government reshuffle.
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JERUSALEM -- A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of the government on Wednesday, weakening him at a time when he needs broad support to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians by the end of the year.
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.
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Israel&#39;s pro-settler National Religious Party (NRP) decided to resign from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s coalition government after Sharon refused to put his disengagement plan to a national referendum.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Wednesday announced his resignation to pave the way for Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz,the prime minister-designate.
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The contest for Iraq's next prime minister narrowed Monday after the French-educated finance minister removed himself from consideration within the ranks of the Shiite alliance that won the most votes in the national elections, a spokesman said.