NIreland leader's son quits amid lobbying row
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The son of Northern Ireland leader Ian Paisley announced his resignation as a junior minister Monday amid allegations about his links with a businessman in his home constituency.
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Accusations of corruption levied against both the president and his family have led a group of activists to protest for his resignation.
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The chairman of Taiwan's ruling party resigned Saturday after prosecutors indicted him on graft charges, while the island's vice president, facing similar charges, said she would fight the allegations.
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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned on Monday under pressure after months of controversy and political turmoil that President George W. Bush angrily blamed on his administration's critics in Congress.
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Lech Walesa quits the Solidarity movement he led during its struggle against communism.
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MILAN, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has quit as president of AC Milan to comply with recently-introduced conflict of interest laws.
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The minister leading Bolivia's efforts to nationalize Bolivia's oil and gas operations resigned Friday after his government backed down in a dispute with Brazil's state-run energy company, the industry's biggest investor.
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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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The Justice Department's top civil rights enforcer resigned Thursday following more than a year of criticism that his office filled its ranks with conservative loyalists
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Former Newfoundland premier Brian Tobin has unexpectedly severed his ties with two companies controlled by auto parts magnate Frank Stronach, amid an investor revolt over plans to buy out minority shareholders in one of the firms.
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The head of South Korea&#39;s ruling party resigned yesterday amid suggestions that he had covered up his father&#39;s past as a military policeman for Japanese occupiers. The resignation comes during renewed national debate on the role of collaborators under ...
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Celebrity politician Robert Kilroy-Silk  walked out of Britain's most strident anti-European party on  Thursday after months of bickering over his leadership  ambitions.
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Colombia's foreign minister resigns after the arrest of her brother on suspicion of links with paramilitary groups.
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A top official from Sweden's opposition party quits over a political spying row - just days before elections.
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A top aide to Swedish PM Goeran Persson quits after criticism over his response to the Asian tsunami.
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The family of Mark Thatcher, who was arrested in South Africa last week on suspicion of financing a coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, have quit his Cape Town home bound for the United States.
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The head of South Korea&#39;s governing party has resigned over disclosures that his father collaborated with the Japanese during their occupation more than half a century ago.