B'desh poll chief 'to step aside'
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Bangladesh's chief election commissioner agrees to step aside after weeks of protests, officials say.
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The leader of New Zealand's main opposition party, Don Brash, quits after weeks of mounting speculation.
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H.P.Âs chairwoman will step aside in January, the C.E.O. will succeed her and the longest-serving director resigned.
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Bangladesh's controversial election chief has bowed to pressure to step aside, the president said, after thousands of opposition supporters poured onto the streets to demand his removal.
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Dennis J. Kucinich told a Cleveland newspaper he was quitting the presidential race and would make a formal announcement Friday.
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The announcement came amid reports that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell told top aides today that he intends to step down.
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An Israeli general who was shunted   aside as commander of the Lebanon front during a month of   fighting against Hizbollah guerrillas resigned on Wednesday in   a widely expected move.
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A senior Hong Kong hospital official who was criticized for his performance during the SARS crisis will resign at the end of the year.
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The chief lawyer for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf says he will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected.
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The former SDLP Lord Mayor of Belfast announces that he will be retiring from Northern Ireland politics.
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His expulsion of a returning rival may signal the endgame for Pakistan's embattled President
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The head of Russia's election commission is removed ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls.
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South Africa's police chief Jackie Selebi steps down temporarily as he prepares to face corruption charges.
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JERUSALEM - Jailed leader Marwan Barghouthi will quit the Palestinian presidential race if his political demands are met by his main election rival, former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas, a Fatah official said on Wednesday.
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The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh has sought to resign after a court ordered her arrest in connection with a 10-year-old rioting case, the head of her Hindu nationalist party said on Sunday.
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David Blunkett is expected to quit as home secretary, says the BBC's political editor.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf plans to quit as army chief to become a civilian leader, removing a main objection to his proposed re-election in October, a senior ruling party official said on Monday.