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Garry Kasparov went down in flames yesterday, taking only an hour and 19 moves to resign to Deep Blue, the supercomputing chess machine designed to beat the reigning world champion. After trading wins in the first two games, Kasparov and Deep Blue played to a draw three times, setting up Game Six as the match's grand finale...
...rebel alliance or "be chased from the power." Fiercely denying a U.N. envoy's statement that he had agreed to a cease-fire with the ailing Mobutu, the rebel leader is giving his troops quick marching orders toward the capital. As he attempts to get Mobutu to resign before the soldiers arrive, Bill Richardson began casting about for ways to ensure Kabila's cooperation. The U.N. ambassador headed to Botswana to meet with Ugandan President and Kabila mentor Yoweri Museveni, who may have the leverage over Kabila that Richardson lacks. Though their meeting ended without a handshake, Kabila and Mobutu...
...President and Mrs. Clinton were aware of some allegations against Hubbell, but did not know "the full nature and seriousness" of the charges. According to the report, Clinton friend James Blair went to the President in March 1994 to tell him that Hubbell was in trouble and "needed to resign as quickly as possible." Hubbell resigned the No. 3 position at the Justice Department on March 14, 1994. In December, he pleaded guilty to fraud and served an 18-month prison sentence. The report goes to the heart of one of the most perplexing questions about Whitewater -- were White House...
Israel's legal system presumes innocence, but in politics there's no such protection. If Netanyahu had become the first Prime Minister ever to be indicted, he would probably have been driven from office, even though the law does not require that he resign. The Knesset could impeach him with 80 votes of the 120 members or could force new elections for parliament and the post of Prime Minister with a simple majority...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: After eight years in which he became easily the most powerful man on the Religious Right, Ralph Reed has decided to resign as the executive director of the Christian Coalition to take a more direct hand in politics. Reed said Wednesday he will step down in September to form a political consulting firm called Century Strategies. For the highly ambitious Reed, the move frees him from the limitations imposed by the Coalition's tax-exempt status. As a religious organization, the group is prohibited from directly endorsing candidates, or having official ties to a political party, a line...