Word: resignations
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...Philippines is a wrap. After having announced that he would call snap elections in which he would not stand, the opposition, backed by the military, gave the disgraced head of state a 12-hour ultimatum to vacate his post - and he did. The demand for his immediate resignation centered around corruption allegations, which had formed the basis of an impeachment hearing that collapsed earlier this week amid political maneuvering, sparking a wave of demonstrations in the capital that prompted a majority of Estrada's ministers to resign and coaxed the armed forces onto the side of the opposition. The writing...
Gusmorino's opponents rallied behind him, with a tone remarkably different from that which followed last year's election, when several unsuccessful candidates, including Frank X. Leonard '01, threatened to resign from the council...
...want what I achieved, for example, the economic stability, to be lost." If that stability remains, it may be a tribute to his rule. But at this point it is most likely he will be remembered as the President who ran away, the first President to resign...
...complex series of maneuvers in courtrooms and legislatures - although in Israel's case the maneuvering would take place long before the voting. Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday declared his intention to run for the nation's top job, following Ehud Barak's shock decision to resign and seek a new mandate in fresh elections. But as things currently stand, Netanyahu is disqualified from the race: Barak resigned under a special law that requires, in such circumstances, a direct election for prime minister from among current members of parliament. And Benjamin Netanyahu is not currently in parliament. Indeed, Barak...
APPOINTED. THEODORE MCCARRICK, 70, Archbishop of Newark, advocate for debt relief in Third World countries and supporter of immigration; to head the high-profile Archdiocese of Washington. McCarrick succeeds retiring Cardinal James Hickey. Like all bishops, McCarrick is expected to resign...