Word: ouster
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...Harare acquitted him of treason. Tsvangirai maintained that the charges against him - of plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe ahead of disputed 2002 elections, which Mugabe won - were politically motivated. He faces a second treason trial next month on charges relating to his call last year for Mugabe's ouster. Closing in on a Killer MOZAMBIQUE A vaccine against malaria, the biggest killer of children in Africa, came a step closer with the announcement of "very encouraging" clinical-trial results involving 2,022 children in rural southern Mozambique. The vaccine used in the study was shown to be "safe...
...announcement of Nathan’s ouster came just after Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) chief financial officer Cheryl Hoffman-Bray announced that she was leaving her job to take on an advisory role within the FAS administration...
...ouster will likely be accompanied by other structural changes within the FDO in accordance with last spring’s curricular review report, which recommends an overhaul of undergraduate advising that would shift pre-concentration advising away from first-year proctors and the FDO. First-years may be paired with upperclass Houses upon their arrival, or be expected to seek academic advice from professionals at an advising center. None of the reports’ proposals have been put to vote by the Faculty...
...DIED. ARTURO TOLENTINO, 94, vice-presidential running mate to late dictator Ferdinand Marcos during the Philippines' fraud-riddled 1986 snap elections; in Quezon City, Philippines. The vote led to the famous "people power" revolt against the Marcos regime and eventually to the dictator's ouster and exile. Months afterward, Tolentino declared himself President, and soldiers loyal to him took over the Manila Hotel. The Tolentino regime lasted only two days...
...wife was released after 15 days, but Jiang could be in for a long stretch. The SARS disclosures prompted the ouster of two proteges of Jiang Zemin, 77, China's former President and current chairman of the Central Military Commission. And the Tiananmen letter threatens the chairman's efforts to secure his legacy as a great leader. Indeed, because of the doctor's high rank in the military, Jiang Zemin, in his capacity as military chief, is the only person with legal authority to order his detention. As of last week, Jiang Yanyong showed no inclination to oblige his captors...