Taiwan opposition leader resigns
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The head of Taiwan's main opposition party, Ma Ying-jeou, resigns after being accused of fraud.
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Udi Adam, an Israeli general who had a key commanding role during the conflict in Lebanon, resigns.
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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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Thailand's deposed premier resigned from his once all-powerful party in a letter faxed from London on Tuesday, after more than 200 colleagues quit the organization in the wake of a military coup.
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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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Thailand's ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra quits as leader of the political party he founded and built up, Thai Rak Thai.
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Former President Jiang Zemin resigns his post as head of military.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned on Wednesday after less than a year in power, falling victim to a string of scandals that hampered his reform agenda and sent his popularity plummeting.
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Ruling Uri Party chairman Shin Ki-nam made his resignation official in a press briefing following an emergency party meeting earlier in the day.
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Israel's finance minister resigns amid allegations of embezzlement at a workers' union he headed in 2003.
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Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian resigned as chairman of the island&#39;s ruling party after it failed to gain a majority in legislative elections over the weekend.
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Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui  left for Japan on Monday on a controversial visit that has  sparked furious protests from China.
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President Chen resigns as DPP chairman in Taiwan, in a move which could signal a new drive to find consensus.
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TOKYO, Sept. 12 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Wednesday he would resign, ending a year-old government that has suffered a string of damaging scandals and a humiliating electoral defeat.
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Lithuania PM Algirdas Brazauskas and his coalition government resign after its largest member withdraws.
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The wife of Taiwan's leader was cleared Monday of involvement in a scandal surrounding the takeover of an upscale department store, as protesters maintained pressure on President Chen Shui-bian to resign amid corruption allegations.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday, clearing the way for new ruling party leader Yasuo Fukuda to be named by parliament as his successor.