Australian opposition leader quits politics on health grounds
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Australia's opposition Labor leader Mark Latham has announced his resignation from the job he has held for only 13 months and says he is bowing out of public life completely on health grounds.
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Australian opposition leader Mark Latham was released from hospital Saturday after suffering from an inflamed pancreas in the lead up to national elections.
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Armed forces minister Adam Ingram quits the government after six years at the Ministry of Defence.
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The frontman of one of Australia's  most successful entertainers, children's group The Wiggles,  quit on Thursday to battle a rare illness.
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Australian opposition leader Mark Latham is in hospital with an inflamed pancreas, his office said.
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Federal Labor leader Mark Latham will leave hospital on Saturday at midday after being given the all-clear by doctors.
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MARK COLVIN: The Opposition leader, Mark Latham, is up and talking to the media after his bout of pancreatitis, and he was keen today to let it be known that he&#39;s ready to plunge back into the electoral fray.
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday left the hospital where he had been undergoing heart tests after fainting during a rally last week.
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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi was given a clean bill of health on Tuesday after fainting at a rally this weekend, and the ex-prime minister planned to get straight back into the political fray after his discharge due on Wednesday.
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President Bushâs nominee to become the next surgeon general said today he would resign rather than allow politics to push aside science.
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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 leader of the main opposition party in South Africa, Tony Leon, is to step down after 13 years.
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MARK Latham faces possible surgery and a major lifestyle overhaul in the lead-up to the federal election after being stricken with pancreatitis.
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The apparent front-runner was out of action for weeks with a mysterious illness.
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CANBERRA : Australian opposition leader Mark Latham is in hospital with an inflamed pancreas, his office said.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard brushed aside fresh speculation over when he will resign as he turned 67, declaring he was still fit and active.
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Australia&#39;s main opposition Labor Party&#39;s Lindsay Tanner became the party&#39;s seventh shadow minister in a week to quit after the party suffered its fourth consecutive election defeat on Oct. 9.