Rafic Hariri quits, not to form a new government
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The Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri submitted the resignation of his government to the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud who accepted it.
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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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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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Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri  resigned Wednesday, declining to form a new government that  will face international pressure over Syria's interference in  Lebanese affairs.
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A massive bomb tore through the motorcade of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who resigned last fall following a sharp dispute with Syria, killing him and at least nine other people Monday.
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Algeria's prime minister submits the resignation of his cabinet, a move expected after last month's  elections.
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WASHINGTON - The United States bluntly told Syria to stay out of the political crisis in Lebanon that came to a head on Wednesday with the resignation of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
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Â·  Chief negotiator resigns after rift on strategyÂ·   Doubts surround future of foreign minister
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri submitted his cabinet's resignation Wednesday and said he would not form a new government.
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Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned, dissolved his Cabinet and made the surprising announcement he would not try to form the next government, dropping out of the political scene at a time when Syria's role in Lebanon is being challenged by the United Nations.
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Iraqi Islamic party chief says decision to pull out motivated by governmentâs refusal to postpone elections. By Kamal Taha - BAGHDAD.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , left, arrives at the the presidential palace to submit his resignation to President Emil Lahoud Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004.
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JERUSALEM -- Former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, a billionaire who helped his country rebuild after its civil war, was assassinated yesterday in Beirut in a car bomb attack on his motorcade that some Lebanese opposition officials blamed on Syria but that analysts said could also have been carried out by an Islamic group, possibly Al Qaeda.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy resigned Monday in order to take over the leadership of the ruling center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party, French TF1 television quoted government officials as saying.
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The Portuguese government resigned on Saturday to avoid turf battles with President Jorge Sampaio in the run-up to snap elections in February.
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Islamabad, Aug. 25: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein today resigned as Prime Minister, paving the way for his successor, finance minister Shaukat Aziz, to lead the country for the next three years.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei intends to resign but he has not presented his letter of resignation to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Palestinian sources confirmed Wednesday.