Taiwan's ruling party chief quits
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The chairman of Taiwan's ruling DPP party, You Shyi-kun, resigns after being charged with corruption.
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The Kenyan anti-corruption supremo steps down just days after the government was accused of "massive looting".
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Thailand's airport authority chief quits amid mounting pressure over the failings of Bangkok's new airport.
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The chief executive and chairman of the world's biggest broker of insurance stepped down after his company was accused of cheating customers.
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The head of the nation's second largest teachers union is stepping down.
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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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The Turkish Cypriot minority government resigns after abandoning efforts to forge a new coalition.
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The chief organizer of the 2006 Turin Olympics is quitting in a power struggle with the Italian government, just 15 months before the start of the Winter Games.
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Israel's police chief resigns after a government commission says he should go over alleged misconduct.
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Interpol head Jackie Selebi quits after being suspended as South African police chief over corruption allegations.
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Thailand's ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra quits his role as leader of the Thai Rak Thai party.
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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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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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The chairman of Nigeria's ruling party resigns following a bitter row with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Taiwan's Quanta Computer , the world's top contract notebook PC maker, said its chief executive quit on Friday, reportedly following a strategy row, sparking a rally in its stock on merger speculation.
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Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing resigns for personal reasons, the government announces.
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President Chen resigns as DPP chairman in Taiwan, in a move which could signal a new drive to find consensus.