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...enough to counteract popular disillusionment with his increasingly desperate attempts to cling to power. This weekend in London the Pakistan All Parties Conference - made up of leading opposition members, including exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom Musharraf overthrew in a bloodless coup in 1999 - agreed to resign in protest should Musharraf go ahead with his plan to be re-elected by the current, hand-picked assembly. The only party that demurred is former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party. Rumors are rife that Musharraf may be considering a power-sharing deal with Bhutto in which...
...doesn't respect the staff," Center forecaster James Franklin told a press conference today. Proenza is trying to shrug off the criticism, characterizing the rift as more of a collegial disagreement. "I'm still head of the National Hurrican Center," he said Friday, adding he has no plans to resign...
...understand the [atomic] bombings brought the war to its end. I think it was something that couldn't be helped.' FUMIO KYUMA, Japanese Defense Minister, in a June 30 speech at a university in Chiba, outside Tokyo. Kyuma was forced to resign after his remarks-which suggested the U.S. had no alternative but to drop nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945-drew widespread criticism from outraged politicians and the Japanese public, who consider the bombings unjustified...
...past 15 years, first as Transportation Minister, then as President, Katsav had sexually harassed and raped female underlings. Katsav denies the charges. On June 28, Mazuz dropped his bombshell. Instead of indicting the President on rape charges, the Attorney General cut a deal with him. Katsav is expected to resign and be indicted on lesser charges of sexual harassment and indecent behavior. And, to the outrage of many Israeli commentators and feminists, Mazuz recommended that Katsav serve no jail time. The Attorney General, according to aides, believed that the public disgrace of having to resign was punishment enough. Many Israelis...
...contrast, the head of Fretilin, Mari Alkatiri, is nowhere near as popular as Gusmão. Indeed, Alkatiri had to resign as Prime Minister last year after his tenure was stained by his handling of the army rebellion. His resumption of the top post could trigger bloodletting on the streets. Yet on Wednesday Alkatiri struck a defiant tone, swearing that he will not allow his party to cooperate with CNRT...