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...Rather has been just where he likes to be: at the center of the action. But last week he missed a big story back on his home turf. In another spasm of turmoil at the angst-ridden House of Murrow, CBS News president David Burke, 54, was forced to resign after two years on the job. Eric Ober, 48, a 24-year veteran of CBS who currently runs the five local stations that the network owns, will become the fourth news president since Laurence Tisch took over the network four years ago. Although CBS executives denied that Burke was ousted...
...silent partner in the Yankees would allow him to hang on to his other sports post as a vice president of the U.S. Olympic Committee. But that is a dubious proposition, since there are already loud rumbles within the Olympic Committee that Steinbrenner will be pressured to resign. Deciphering Steinbrenner's motivations has never been easy, since there is always a peculiar disconnection between his words and his deeds. But last week he was uncharacteristically inaccessible; a press release, which might charitably be described as disinformation, made it seem as though baseball had given him a gold watch...
...powerful car bomb gutted the downtown police headquarters, and another group of gunmen seized the parliament building, taking Robinson and seven Cabinet ministers hostage. At 6:18 p.m., Bakr appeared on state-owned TV and announced that his "troops" had overthrown the government. Later he demanded that Robinson resign, new elections be held and an amnesty be granted to his rebel band...
Right after taking office, Fujimori replaced the heads of the navy and air force, and declared a two-day bank holiday to give himself time to prepare his economic rescue program. But the President's economic team has been torn by disagreements, leading several members to resign. In a reversal of a campaign pledge not to resort to drastic shock-style policies, Fujimori hinted that he would cut price subsidies, raise taxes and streamline state-owned companies. Even by conservative estimates, such severe steps would cause inflation to skyrocket to 250% a month, exacerbate the recession and erode the salaries...
Steinbrenner must resign as general partner by Aug. 20, when someone will be appointed to take his place, subject to the approval of Vincent and the other major league teams...