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...oversold the case for war in Iraq. A direct finding that Blair lied when he denied any role in "outing" Kelly's name to reporters - a conceivable outcome, based on the public evidence put before Hutton - would make his job untenable. Two-thirds of the public thinks Blair should resign if Hutton declares him a liar, according to an ICM poll. It's Blair's perfect storm. Frustrations with his leadership - his determination to introduce more private contractors into the public sector, his presidential style, his assumption that Labour M.P.s should repay his electoral success by toeing the line...
...from Hutton would forge party discipline for the vote on tuition fees, but rebels dismissed that as scaremongering. They doubted that Hutton, an establishment figure whose every judicial inclination has been to avoid meddling in politics, would really blast the Prime Minister so fiercely that Blair would have to resign. Blair's own aides seem to agree. And certainly Hutton had many other legitimate targets to choose from, including the BBC and Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon. But the brisk rectitude Hutton displayed through months of hearings kept open the possibility of a body blow that could force Blair from office...
...Demanding Democracy iran Hard-line clerics reinstated more than 300 of the thousands of candidates they had disqualified from February's parliamentary elections, in response to a request by Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei for them to reconsider their ban. However, more than 70 senior civil servants threatened to resign if all the disqualifications were not overturned; many members of the Cabinet and six vice presidents had already tendered their resignations, but President Mohammed Khatami refused to accept them. Unity Moves turkey The powerful National Security Council called for new negotiations to reunite Cyprus ' Greek-speaking south and Turkish-speaking...
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada FORCED TO RESIGN Grave economic failure ended his second term as Bolivia's ruler on Oct. 17. "The dangers ... continue intact...
Eduard Shevardnadze FORCED TO RESIGN All-night dancing broke out in Georgia after his Nov. 24 resignation. "I have a lot to do, a lot to write...