S.Korea&#39;s Ruling Party Head Resigns on Father&#39;s Past
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The chairman of South Korea&#39;s ruling Uri Party resigned Thursday, an unexpected first casualty of President Roh Moo-hyun&#39;s call for an inquiry into who benefited from working with Korea&#39;s Japanese colonial rulers.
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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Shin Ki-nam, South Korean ruling UriParty&#39;s chairman, announced his resignation on a Thursday&#39;s press conference for his father&#39;s collaboration with Japanese colonial ruler decades ago.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra quit as head of his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party on Tuesday, signaling the de facto collapse of a political machine that had dominated the country until last month's coup.
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has resigned as head of his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party, triggering the dissolution of its entire executive in the wake of last month's military coup, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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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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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan&#39;s interim Prime Minister Shujaat Hussain resigned today after a short stint of nearly two months, paving the way for President Pervez Musharraf&#39;s choice Shaukat Aziz to take over the top post on Saturday.
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Jiang, whose term was to have run until 2007, resigned at a meeting of the ruling Communist Partyâs Central Committee that ended yesterday.
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South Korean voters head to the polls on Wednesday ready to end 10 years of rule by liberal presidents by selecting a former businessman who promises to run the world's 13th largest economy like a CEO.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose year-old government has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat, has told ruling party leaders he intends to resign, an official said Wednesday.
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Former President Jiang Zemin resigns his post as head of military.
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SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Shin Ki-nam, South Korean ruling Uri Party&#39;s chairman, announced his resignation on a Thursday&#39;s press conference for his father&#39;s collaboration with Japanese colonial ruler decades ago.
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The president of the governing Workers' Party said Friday he was stepping down in the wake of a corruption scandal that had battered Brazil's president during his re-election campaign.
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Amid golden statues of his ancestors, former ballet dancer Norodom Sihamoni took over the Cambodian throne yesterday from his father, ending the reign of one of Asia&#39;s most colorful rulers.
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Pakistan&#39;s interim Prime Minister Chaudhry Shaujaat Hussain has announced his resignation, paving the way for his successor Shauket Aziz.
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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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A top official from Sweden's opposition party quits over a political spying row - just days before elections.
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Taiwan&#39;s President Chen Shui-bian has resigned as chairman of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to take responsibility for an election setback.